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Index of Subjects I had a pine siskin at my cottage last week that had ruffled plumage and was just sitting on my deck allowing me to walk up to it and pick it up,I was wearing a glove for protection.It seems every year I get at least one sick bird and it is usually a siskin...no puffy eyes though,just the ruffed plumage and laboured breathing. Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton "Let us permit Nature to have her way; she understands her business better than we do." - Michel de Montaigne jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Purple Finch Deaths > HI there, > > David Christie has information and photos of sick Purple > Finches and Pine Siskins on his webpage from Mary's Point, New > Brunswick: http://homepage.mac.com/maryspt/observ/Finches.html > > Cheers, > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > > > At 04:14 PM 01/08/2008, you wrote: >>Hi all: >> >>I do not remember seeing anything online about the die off of purple >>finches in the maritimes. A number of weeks back I received an >>email on such from a friend in DNR. Anyhow, finches have been sent >>to the a patholgy lab. One finch from PEI was emaciated from >>starvation. Others are diagnosed with trichomoniasis. Birds were >>reported from a campground in NB that were meaciated, and several >>had underying disease problems. DNR are encouraging submissions >>from or investigation of any purple finch mortalities that occur. >> >>I've since had an email from a reportee in Whynott's Settlement who >>has a purple finch with a badly encrusted eye. I saw one today, >>which I suspect is not long for this earth. It was an awful >>sight. the bird came flying out of the bushes along the Fauxburg >>Trail just outside of Mahone Bay and almost hit me. It had one eye >>only. The other eye was encrusted and was a vacant hole with fluid >>only. The head of the bird was in very hard shape and the bird was >>not healthy looking at all. It kept rubbing it's eye and head on >>branches. It was a very eerie experience and the first time I've >>witnessed this. Anyhow, I'll put a posting on about more exciting >>bird events as a separate thing. >> >>James R. Hirtle >>East LaHave >> >> >>---------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1587 - Release Date: 02/08/2008 5:30 PM
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