Thanks for your remarks. I also wonder about possible interactions between
large waterfowl and other birds in habitats like fields and wetlands that
attract wide varieties of species.
Tina Blade
Kirkland, WA
mailto:tinablade at comcast.net


-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dianna
Moore
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:22 AM
To: Tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] re: bird diseases and backyard feeders

"The wild birds spreading bird flu are entirely large
waterfowl -- ducks, geese and swans. These birds
don't frequent backyard feeders. "

The neighborhood mallards spend about an hour a day under my tube feeders,
cleaning up after the messy birds that carelessly spill sunflower seeds. I
am not buying any more bird seed after this bag is gone....that old adage
"better to be safe than sorry" comes to mind.

We have a large population of both ducks and geese on the local lakes, ponds

and canals here in Ocean Shores. I worry about the fall migration if the
virus is spreading north to south over the Asia to Alaska route.

Another real concern is the general public's (over)reaction to wild
birds/fowl. Am I going to have a fight on my hands if I leave my feeders up?

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



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