Anna and all- It may be avian conjunctivitis, which has been a problem for house sparrows and other finches the past many years. See here for more info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi/abtdisease.html Jesse Ellis On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Anna Keaney <anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've noticed over the past couple of days either one or two of our House > Finches seem to have something covering/wrong with one eye. I haven't been > able to catch them with the binoculars to check for sure, but is this the > eye disease I've heard mentioned? Should I be concerned about our feeders? > We do clean them and they go through the seed fast enough that it's not > there for more than 2-3 weeks, usually. > Thanks for any info, > Anna Keaney > Madison, Dane > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > -- Jesse Ellis Post-doctoral Researcher Dept. of Zoology University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Dane Co, WI #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn