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To: LucyT

Did they ever figure out what was killing birds last summer? We were told to quit feeding the birds for 2 months or more. It perplexed me because Robins are ground feeders, but they were still succumbing, supposedly. So it wasn’t something AT the feeders.


6 posted on 03/11/2022 9:15:48 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Biden admin BS.)
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To: FamiliarFace

FWIW, the USDA doesn’t see a need to remove feeders unless you raise poultry...

https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Should-bird-feeders-be-taken-down-to-prevent-the-spread-of-diseases-such-as-bird-flu


12 posted on 03/11/2022 9:19:47 AM PST by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: FamiliarFace
"Did they ever figure out what was killing birds last summer? We were told to quit feeding the birds for 2 months or more. It perplexed me because Robins are ground feeders, but they were still succumbing, supposedly. So it wasn’t something AT the feeders."

This. They were eating zombie cicadas.

17-year cicadas infected with Massospora fungus

24 posted on 03/11/2022 9:26:23 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least 1 of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, Merck and GSK)
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