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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_yiBsEGCc3oC7u9BGvRpkxQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This problem seems to be pretty widespread. I browsed through a number of webpages this morning. I cut and pasted the following from the "For the Birds" message board. While this is a posting about house finches, many of the articles mentioned the same problem amongst Purple finches and other birds. Andy in Freeport House Finches eat Niger (thistle) seed and absolutely love sunflower seeds. Feeding House Finches should be watched for mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, a bacterial disease that causes the swelling of the eyes and eventual death. This disease is prevalent enough to cut the population by 80%. There were so many of these birds before the onslaught of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis that they are still not in trouble but the disease may be spread to other species. If you see any bird at your feeders with swollen eyes, stop feeding immediately. Wash your feeder with a 10% bleach solution an either take it in or throw a plastic bag over it for a couple of weeks. While your feeder might not "carry" the bacteria, it provides a central meeting place for infected birds to spread the disease. --Boundary_(ID_yiBsEGCc3oC7u9BGvRpkxQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>This problem seems to be pretty=20 widespread. I browsed through a number of webpages this = morning. I=20 cut and pasted the following from the "For the Birds" message = board. While=20 this is a posting about house finches, many of the articles mentioned = the same=20 problem amongst Purple finches and other birds.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy in Freeport</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><EM></EM></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT = size=3D2><EM></EM></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><EM>House Finches eat Niger = (thistle) seed=20 and absolutely love sunflower seeds. Feeding House Finches should be = watched for=20 mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, a bacterial disease that causes the swelling = of the=20 eyes and eventual death. This disease is prevalent enough to cut the = population=20 by 80%. There were so many of these birds before the onslaught of = mycoplasmal=20 conjunctivitis that they are still not in trouble but the disease may be = spread=20 to other species. If you see any bird at your feeders with swollen eyes, = stop=20 feeding immediately. Wash your feeder with a 10% bleach solution an = either take=20 it in or throw a plastic bag over it for a couple of weeks. While your = feeder=20 might not =93carry=94 the bacteria, it provides a central meeting place = for infected=20 birds to spread the disease. </EM><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_yiBsEGCc3oC7u9BGvRpkxQ)--
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