Has made itself known. We have just lost 2 crows in one family in Cayuga Heights. One of crows was tested and confirmed positive The other, its yearling offspring (tagged) was clearly sick, disappeared and “reappeared” dead (for several days). May have been tossed there from a nearby yard. Not clear. May or may not be testable but there is little doubt that it died of WNV given that its parent was.
In any case, I thought everyone should know as that means that there are infected mosquitoes in the area. A. Please call me or Kevin or anyone in crow group if you see a lethargic or dead crow. Or blue Jay. Or Raven. We will come out and get it if we can. B. Protect yourself: Long sleeves dusk and dawn especially. Repellent. C. And very very important: don’t let mosquitoes grow up in your bird bath or mini pond or in water at the bases of pots. Another warm week is ahead. Mosies develop quickly. Reducing mosquitoes saves crows!!!! And WNV is not supposed to be fun for those humans who get a bad case. Enough with the pandemics already!!!! Anne 607-222-0905 Alternative email. acl...@binghamton.edu. Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --