Source: Cornell University (http://www.cornell.edu) Date: Posted 10/8/2002 Watch Bird Feeders For Impact Of West Nile Virus, Cornell Lab Of Ornithology Advises 17,000 Citizen-Scientist Volunteers ITHACA, N.Y. -- Thousands of volunteers have a new assignment from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- documenting the impact of West Nile virus while counting birds for the 2002-03 season of Project FeederWatch. This is the second time the volunteers have been asked to help scientists track an epidemic. Previously they kept notes on the spread of house finch conjunctivitis. Since 1987 the Cornell lab has run the winter FeederWatch survey, asking bird enthusiasts of...