Hi David, Tweets:

I read something in an on-line publication about testing of squirrels (in
Washington and a few other states) for West Nile virus, so that might be a
possibility. I have no idea what the symptoms would be in a squirrel. What
you describe sounds more like possible ingestion of a poison to me.


Ruth Taylor
Seattle
rutht AT seanet.com


-----Original Message-----
From: david bezotte <david.bezotte at comcast.net>
To: margparkie at comcast.net <margparkie at comcast.net>;
tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Feeders


>Squirrels! I'm taking down my bird feeder, okay, but a young squirrel died
>here several days ago. My neighbor said it suddenly jumped up,
>somersaulted, hit the ground, and convulsed. When I arrived it tried to
>run, but only had one or two legs working and made semicircles. When it
>couldn't get up again it lay still and died in minutes. No sign of any
>problem on it. I disposed of it as the City specified, but hadn't thought
>that it could have something that would infect birds. Birders,
>you've seen it all, what killed the squirrel, and is it likely to affect my
>friendly birds?
>
>Ken Tickner
>Wedgewood
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
>[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Margaret
>Parkinson
>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 10:11 PM
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: [Tweeters] Feeders
>
>I have reluctantly taken down my sunflower and niger feeders. Am I right
in
>assuming that it is OK to leave up peanuts in shells (for Steller Jays),
>Shelled peanuts (for Chicadees and a few others)' Hummingbird sugar water,
>suet, and corn cobs (for the squirrels)? I will take those down too if
>necessary, but it seems like it is finches who are in danger. Am I right?
>
>
>
>Margaret Parkinson
>
>University District, Seattle
>
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