From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Feb 11 18:33:23 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1C2V9Go025144 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:31:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net (pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.121.254]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1C2TmAf025094 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:29:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfj4p.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.204.153]) by pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Czn2W-0001h4-00 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:29:45 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:30:31 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Fwd: [CVBirds] Pine Siskins, salmonellosis, and feeders X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id j1C2V9Go025144 This appeared on another list and may be of value to some of you. Les --- Les Chibana BirdNUTZ(tm) - Ornigasmic Birding Palo Alto Baylands Birding Classes em <[[email protected]]> web ph 650-949-4335 fx 650-949-4137 snailmail: SR2 Box 335, La Honda CA 94020 Begin forwarded message: > From: "tertial" > Date: February 10, 2005 10:22:03 AM PST > To: [[email protected]] > Subject: [CVBirds] Pine Siskins, salmonellosis, and feeders > > Department of Fish and Game > NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Here is a press release from DFG: > > DFG Asks Northern Californians to Remove Bird Feeders to Slow the > Spread of Avian Disease > > The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is encouraging > northern California residents to remove bird feeders for at least one > month to help slow an outbreak of salmonellosis, a disease affecting > small brown birds known as pine siskins that live primarily in wooded > areas. > > Human exposure to and contraction of the disease from wild birds is > rare and unlikely, especially if basic precautions are taken. > However, pets can contract the disease, especially if they are > exposed to fecal matter below the feeders. > > Pine siskins are brown, streaked birds with yellow patches on the > wings and tail. Their diet consists primarily of seeds, making bird > feeders particularly attractive. Birds contract the disease from one > another, most often by eating fecal-contaminated food - but also by > sticking their heads inside tube feeders where their eyes come in > contact with the feeder itself. > > California's West Nile virus hotline has received many tips from > concerned citizens reporting dead pine siskins throughout the > forested areas of northern California, from Grass Valley to Eureka. > Salmonellosis is a bacterial disease and is not related to the West > Nile virus. > > To help control the disease, DFG biologists are urging residents to > discontinue feeding birds for at least 30 days, and when feeding is > resumed, to: > > • Replace all food in birdfeeders and water in birdbaths daily. > Clean up old food around feeders > daily, and only use small amounts of food. > • Decontaminate feeders by using a 10 percent solution of household > bleach in water, preferably > cleaned just prior to adding new food. > • Spread small amounts of seed over a large area in the sun, instead > of using bird boxes or feeders. > Also, vary the location of seeds to avoid encouraging a > concentration of birds at one site. > • Replace wooden bird feeders with plastic or metal. Wood harbors > salmonella bacteria and cannot > be sanitized as effectively. > • Use gloves when handling dead birds and bird feeders and wash > hands with anti-bacterial soap > when finished. > > This is the second time in less than a year that DFG has asked that > birdfeeders be removed to slow the spread of a disease affecting > birds. In July 2004, DFG asked that all bird feeders be removed for > the purpose of slowing an outbreak of trichomoniasis in California's > mourning dove and band-tailed pigeon populations. More detailed > information about that disease and tips on controlling it and other > avian diseases can be found at > http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news04/04060.html _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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