Hi Deb, that's interesting. The human bias in reporting human disease over animal disease is well known, but I'm surprised here because folks know what bird die offs imply (!) Jim
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I have been volunteering at the Wild Bird Rehab Center and they have been > seeing large numbers of crows coming in with West Nile virus. Most of them > die. There are also chickadees and other birds being brought in with the > virus. Debbie Strimple has difficulty getting the powers that be to be > interested in the number of birds lost to the disease, they are only focusing > and reporting on the human impact. > Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County > > In a message dated 8/23/2012 3:37:49 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > I have been seeing more of the species that were hardest hit by the West Nile > Virus in the past several weeks and none were dead or appeared ill. I have > been pleased with the recovery, finally, of Black-billed Magpies in my area > which has been very slow. I saw a number of Black-capped Chickadees in Canon > City today, another species whose recovery has been slow. And I have seen a > lot of American Crows and a few Common Ravens around southeast Colorado in > the past few weeks, all appearing healthy. > > Is it possible for birds that survived the first exposure to it to convey > some resistance to West Nile Virus to their offspring? > > SeEtta Moss > Canon City > Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ > http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/ > Personal blog @ BirdsAndBlooms.blogspot.com > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:50 PM, James Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > As many of you have heard, we are experiencing a high level of West Nile > transmission to humans this season. Interestingly, we have not seen reports > of bird die-offs as we did during the initial emergence of the virus. If > anyone on the list has information to the contrary, we would be quite > interested! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
