Subject: Pox in House Finches
Date: Nov 16 17:50:26 1999
From: Eugene Kridler - ekridler at olympus.net


A couple of persons with feeders are observing House Finches with pox
lesions in various places on their heads. Has anybody else found this
viral infection on Finches at their feeders. If so, what actions have
they taken to prevent the spread? Successful?

Pox and avian malaria brought in by introduced birds and transmitted to
many of the endemic birds of Hawaii by the mosquito (also introduced to
Hawaii) was one of the reasons causing the extinction of some species
there..

Eugene Kridler
Retired Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
951 E. Oak St.
Sequim, Wa. 98382