There is a good deal of info about the disease at the Project Feederwatch
website

www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi

Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores, Wa.
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Kizerian" <birdcrazykizerian at earthlink.net>
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: house finch abnormality


> Tweeters,
>
> Just a quick question -
> I have several house finches (5-6) with what looks like large abcesses or
> "tumor-like" growths on their faces feeding at my birdfeeder. About half
> have a protrusion just under the eye, and the others on their chin.
> Unfortunately the feeder is just outside my kitchen window on the second
> floor and too close for binocs. I don't see them anywhere else, so I
can't
> get a close look. I have seen house finches with pox at other locations,
> and this looks very different.
>
> Anne Kizerian
> Tri-Cities (Kennewick) WA
> mailto:birdcrazykizerian at earthlink.net
>