RE: [cayugabirds-l] Tick carrying birds

2022-08-18 Thread Deb Grantham 
I, too, had that creepy but entertaining image, very briefly!

I saw a male scarlet tanager flying overhead from one group of trees to another 
this morning. Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line.

Deb


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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tick carrying birds

What worried me about this subject line was the dangling participle:  image of 
a gigantic tick, dripping cardinals from its maw.   Glad to see the hyphen.
Anybody got good news today?


On Aug 18, 2022, at 8:11 AM, Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Folks I've been asked about the Source of my recent letter concerning 
tick-carrying birds. Herewith, the entry in its entirety:
Sar

"Several recent studies demonstrate that wild birds transport ticks and their 
associated diseases during migration. In addition, a number of bird species are 
able to contract Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium causing Lyme disease, and 
transport it to uninfected ticks that parasitize the birds for a blood meal. 
Ground feeding species (cardinals, catbirds, song sparrows, robins) spend a 
significant amount of time foraging for food at optimal height for ticks, and 
are excellent hosts and have all demonstrated the ability to infect ticks with 
the Lyme-disease causing bacteria.
"Naturally Curious Day By DayA Photographic Field Guide and Daily Visit to 
the Forests, Fields, and Wetlands of Eastern North America"
by Mary Holland
Pete Saracino
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tick carrying birds

2022-08-18 Thread Nancy Tonachel Gabriel 
What worried me about this subject line was the dangling participle:  image of 
a gigantic tick, dripping cardinals from its maw.   Glad to see the hyphen.
Anybody got good news today?

On Aug 18, 2022, at 8:11 AM, Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Folks I've been asked about the Source of my recent letter concerning 
tick-carrying birds. Herewith, the entry in its entirety:
Sar

"Several recent studies demonstrate that wild birds transport ticks and their 
associated diseases during migration. In addition, a number of bird species are 
able to contract Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium causing Lyme disease, and 
transport it to uninfected ticks that parasitize the birds for a blood meal. 
Ground feeding species (cardinals, catbirds, song sparrows, robins) spend a 
significant amount of time foraging for food at optimal height for ticks, and 
are excellent hosts and have all demonstrated the ability to infect ticks with 
the Lyme-disease causing bacteria.
"Naturally Curious Day By DayA Photographic Field Guide and Daily Visit to 
the Forests, Fields, and Wetlands of Eastern North America"
by Mary Holland
Pete Saracino
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[cayugabirds-l] Tick carrying birds

2022-08-18 Thread Peter Saracino 
Folks I've been asked about the Source of my recent letter concerning
tick-carrying birds. Herewith, the entry in its entirety:
Sar

"Several recent studies demonstrate that wild birds transport ticks and
their associated diseases during migration. In addition, a number of bird
species are able to contract Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium causing
Lyme disease, and transport it to uninfected ticks that parasitize the
birds for a blood meal. Ground feeding species (cardinals, catbirds, song
sparrows, robins) spend a significant amount of time foraging for food at
optimal height for ticks, and are excellent hosts and have all demonstrated
the ability to infect ticks with the Lyme-disease causing bacteria.
"Naturally Curious Day By DayA Photographic Field Guide and Daily Visit
to the Forests, Fields, and Wetlands of Eastern North America"
by Mary Holland
Pete Saracino

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