>It just said that it's bacterial, and that it's rampant among EASTERN
>house finches.  I think it's interesting that the only the eastern,
>inbred population is affected.  I'm not going to set up bird feeders
>this winter.
I wonder how long it'll take for the bacteria to mutate to affect the
birds contacted by migrating finches...
As for feeders, can't you put your feeders out away from the house in
some corner where YOUR birds don't go? Just wear some outside-only boots
to walk near that feeder, and wash well with a disinfectant soap before
handling Nigel and Zigs.
>my birds to such an awful disease.  I feel so sorry for the finches who
>are dying such sad and prolonged deaths.  I have a special feeling for
>finches, you know.  :*)
I wonder why?  So, when are you going to get a hand-fed baby finch?
--Kathy
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