There have some been problems with pesticides in birdfeed in the past https://www.audubon.org/news/pesticides-bird-seed-scotts-miracle-gro-fined-125-million
Cheers, -Mike :-) *Michael Ludgate* canaaninstitute.org <http://canaaninstitute.org/home/> 607.227.0090 (c) Quarantine photos; mostly from near our home https://adobe.ly/3fLCiU3 On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM Patrizia Sione <p...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > In the course of the past 10 days, we have discovered a dead bird under a > feeder in three separate occasions, the latest this morning. No apparent > injury. The thistle is fresh (it goes pretty quickly) and we keep the > feeders clean and sanitized. We called the Cornell hospital but they did > not accept our request to have a necropsy conducted on the birds (we kept > two of them in a sealed freezer bag outside). We have decals and nets > outside our windows to prevent birds from hitting them. > > Any ideas about what could be causing this and how to prevent it from > happening again? It is the first time it has ever happened to us in the 10 > years we’ve lived in our present location, and all this time we’ve fed > birds. > > Many thanks, > Patrizia Sione > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
