Indiana DNR recommends removing bird feeders amid mysterious bird deaths statewide

WTHR ^ | 25 June 2921 | WTHR

[DUMBGRUNT]

It ain't easy being a bird.

[Flick Lives]

It’s global warming!

[TigersEye]

Or Chinese bird feed.

[packagingguy]

What if this spreads to chickens and turkeys?

[HighSierra5]

Maybe it’s the Covid bird flu.

[mass55th]

Are squirrels dying too, because you can usually find them in bird feeders.

[chopperk]

Its Trump’s fault.

[the_daug]

found the problem.

[tallyhoe]

Birds have short lives they live and they die.. I’m sure it is not the feeders!!!

[digger48]

I fail to understand how hummingbirds can be harmed by homemade sugar water

The other feeds and suet cakes maybe

I’m getting dirty looks from the finches these days

[SubMareener]

Anyone have a plot of the 5G towers in Indiana?

[redcatcherb412]

I fail to understand how hummingbirds can be harmed by homemade sugar water

You just use 1 pound of granulated sugar in a clean 2 liter soda bottle, shake well and refrigerate. Pull the feeder at 2 days max on hot days, or if it looks murky or you notice any black spots on the feeder and clean it well before next use. I'm on my 22nd year using that method with no problems and no dead birds.

Happy Hummers

[lee martell]

Could there be something wrong with the most commonly used Bird Feed in that area?
Seeds that were stored well past their Due Dates during the pandemic. Pallets full, that just sat around, unsold for months.

I’m sure the Groundworms, Aphids, and Ladybugs don’t have a problem with it, though.

[rktman]

Head fake to move the spotlight off selling F-15s to bangers in chiraq. Thats what mare groot thinks.

[corkoman]

I fail to understand how hummingbirds can be harmed by homemade sugar water

Always best to boil the water first then add sugar - despite the chlorination there remains some microbes in municipal water that doesn't affect mammals but can make hummingbirds ill.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I would investigate 5G Microwave Towers and Geo-Engineering effects on birds and bees.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”I fail to understand how hummingbirds can be harmed by homemade sugar water”

Not my line of work, but Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is thought to be transferred via saliva, among other vectors.

[Born to Conserve]

Who knew the extinction of the dinosaurs would be completed by a strand of RNA encoding for protein spikes. “What could possibly go wrong?”

[Clay Moore]

Grains can get mold that is toxic if they are allowed to get wet.

[gundog]

Yeah...but not robins, if you’re feeding seed.