[texbirds] West Nile Virus Re: Ultey migrants etc. WNV
- From: Linda Price <lprice@xxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:15:03 -0500
I saw a dead crow on August 15 in north Longview, Gregg County. I called the
West Nile reporting center in Tyler. I was told they don't track crow deaths
anymore because they know the Virus is out there.
I guess if you see a dead crow and there is no known Virus outbreak, that
should be reported.
Linda Gail Price
Longview, Texas
On Aug 1, 2012, at 10:12 AM, Brush Freeman wrote:
>
> Also curious if birds are being found due to recent outbreak of West Nile
> Virus. One of my crows seems to have vanished , one of the young birds, at
> least I have not seen it in several days. Right now the family group only
> has four birds. Also in Utley it has been quite a while since I have seen or
> heard a Blue Jay. Would Purple Martins be influenced by WN and would dead
> birds or grackles appear at the roosts? BTW how is the Highland Mall roost?
>
> --
> Brush Freeman
> Independent and affiliated Field Biologist
> 361-655-7641
> http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
> The greatest musician of all time is mother nature.
>
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