Fran Curnow asks a very timely question in this period when the media are keeping us so hyper-aware of the "coming pandemic."  If we come across dead birds, should we report it?  To whom?  How should we handle, if at all, the carcasses?  So many questions...do any of our NIH or DNR subscribers have any wisdom to impart?

Norm Saunders
West Ocean City, MD


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> A beautiful male orchard oriole and a cedar waxwing (both so tiny and 
> fragile!) were lying in the grass dead, about 2 feet apart. What in the 
> world could have happened? 
> 
> They were near bushes, behind the metrobus shelter on GreenCastle Road, 
> Montgomery County. 
> 
> Surely they were not shot? Yet, why beside each other, as if placed 
> there? Who could kill them? 
> 
> Is there any report needed? Or further info? 
> 
> Fran Curnow 
> E of 29, S of 198 (Eastern Montgomery County) 
>