Tweets:

About an hour ago, I walked out onto our dock on Pine Lake for a little end
of the day R&R. I noticed a crow sitting in the water, an inch or two deep,
just at the water's edge. I was fairly close, but my passing by didn't faze it. I
told my husband about the crow, and he looked through the binocs, and agreed
with me that it was odd that a crow was just sitting in the water.

About half an hour later, my husband looked again at the crow, and announced
the crow was face down in the water. Upon closer inspection, we realized the
crow was dead. We were prepared to retrieve it for testing, but first decided
to read the information provided by the Health Dept. This bird seemed to meet
all the criteria, and might have been considered, if not for the fact that it
died on a Saturday. Oh well.

My question is, does anyone know if West Nile has been discovered in crows in
our area? I try to keep up, but frankly I can't find much detailed info.
Also, IF this crow was infected, and another animal munched on it, would it pass
on the virus? We've got lots of wildlife around here, including a Mom Raccoon
with three babies, and in the next yard over, there's five dogs.

Just curious,

Linda Davey
Sammamish, WA
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