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<blockquote data-quote="TwistedThrottle" data-source="post: 808985" data-attributes="member: 46724">This BIRD looks WARM[ATTACH=full]394699[/ATTACH]Public service announcement:If your birds look like this, take your feeders down for a few days and clean them thoroughly before putting the feeders back up. This House Finch has Conjunctivitis or some sort of eye infection that can spread to some other types of birds by using the same feeder. This bird will probably die of starvation or predation by not being able to see once the disease progresses a bit more. Best I can hope for is to have him move away from the rest by not offering food at this location for a few days. Be observant of birds not acting normal and take immediate action once identified. (Legally nothing I can do for this lil guy but the backyard wild bird population relies on smart actions like this to protect the flock).Sorry for the lengthy dialog, I hope this helps someone else identify the disease.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwistedThrottle, post: 808985, member: 46724"] This BIRD looks WARM [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1429.jpeg"]394699[/ATTACH] Public service announcement: If your birds look like this, take your feeders down for a few days and clean them thoroughly before putting the feeders back up. This House Finch has Conjunctivitis or some sort of eye infection that can spread to some other types of birds by using the same feeder. This bird will probably die of starvation or predation by not being able to see once the disease progresses a bit more. Best I can hope for is to have him move away from the rest by not offering food at this location for a few days. Be observant of birds not acting normal and take immediate action once identified. (Legally nothing I can do for this lil guy but the backyard wild bird population relies on smart actions like this to protect the flock). Sorry for the lengthy dialog, I hope this helps someone else identify the disease. [/QUOTE]

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