[wisb] Re: House Finch with wonky eye?

  • From: Jesse Ellis <calocitta8@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:52:05 -0600

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
>
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Jesse Ellis
Post-doctoral Researcher
Dept. of Zoology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Dane Co, WI


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