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Hi David and all, I love the sight and song of the Purple Finch! My daughter Ava took me to Cumberland County to do some atlas work July 31st to August 2nd. I revisited the scene of breaking my ankle at Cape D'Or and managed to stay in one piece. The wildflowers were beautiful there, and there were lots of birds attending young. We saw fledged young (or juveniles) of Ruffed Grouse, White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Savannahs, Common Yellowthroats, and others in the Spencer's Island square, but missed seeing the two nests of Bluebirds. Our best experience was watching a pair of Purple Finch on the Allen Hill road attending young. I have never seen such a bright RED male. They certainly seemed healthy. Joan > > From: David Christie <maryspt@nbnet.nb.ca> > Date: 2008/08/06 Wed AM 09:52:23 EDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sick birds > > At 9:51 AM -0300 8/6/08, Eleanor Lindsay wrote: > >Purple finches have become completely silent in my area after > >singing their heads off most of June and July = end of nesting > >or.............?? Any chance the sick birds presently being seen are > >a progression of the March outbreak [salmonellosis in Massachusetts] > >outlined below?? At the time they were reported to be moving in our > >direction.... > > > > > > > There has apparently been no detection of salmonellosis in the dead > finches tested at Maritime veterinary labs this summer. Rather, > trichomoniasis has been identified as a problem in some of those > examined. > > An short item on the rise of trichomoniasis as a problem in finches > can be read on the blog of the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health > Centre, Atlantic Region. It has become significant in the UK since > 2005 and was noted in NS in 2007. See http://atlantic.ccwhc.ca/?p=64 > > David > -- > > David Christie > Mary's Point, Harvey, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada > http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt > >
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