Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:13:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Arlene Ripley Subject: Re: Finches with swollen eyes In-Reply-To: <003301c00e1c$07265640$4f288ad1@greenisgood> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 06:38 PM 8/24/00 , Carol Jelich wrote: >Hi, birders, > >A friend in Harwood (southern Anne Arundel County, MD) has been seeing >finches at her feeder with swollen eyes. Chesapeake Wildlife Sanctuary said >they would take them for treatment if my friend would cage and bring them >in. I've been noticing the same at my feeders in Dunkirk, Calvert County. >Any advice on a way to catch them? This is pretty difficult unless they become very lethargic. Then you can walk right up to them because they can't see you with their eyes swollen shut. Also, is it appropriate to take down the >feeder (tube type) & clean up the area, or can she keep feeder out if she >cleans it regularly and/or uses another type? I've taken my feeders down. I think it is recommended to wash them regularly with a bleach solution if you want to keep them up. > >Is there somewhere that this should be reported? The Cornell Lab of Ornithology does an on-line survey of House Finch Disease. I believe they charge a $7 fee to join the survey or it's free if you are a member of Project Feeder Watch. . ////// Arlene Ripley | || Calvert County, MD | 0 || aripley@nestbox.com | || http://www.nestbox.com || ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================