I have had several house finches with similar tumors.

Wendy Duncan
Washougal, WA


On Oct 16, 2011, at 7:04 AM, Else COBB wrote:

> A house finch with larger than pea size eye tumor of the right eye visits my feeder. The tumor is black.
> Last year about this time a house finch with similar tumor visited the feeder, except at that time the tumor was red, with a black center.
> Is this the same bird, or is there a tumor disease around? The birds seem otherwise in good shape. I have photos of both birds.
>
> Else Cobb
> peons2 at msn.com
> Seattle (Madison Park area),
> WA 98112
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