Subject: NYT: Finches Fall Prey to Dangerous Infection
Date: Jan 2 08:59:30 2002
From: Joel Levin - jlevin2 at mindspring.com


From yesterday's (1/1/02) New York Times:

Finches Fall Prey to Dangerous Infection
By JANE E. BRODY

Ornithologists have discovered yet another hazard of consorting with
humans that can be even more devastating: the ease with which a
debilitating disease can spread among birds that congregate at
feeders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/science/life/01FINC.html (requires
free registration)

Joel Levin
Seattle