Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird virus

2021-07-10 Thread Thomas Yaglowski
Thank you, Wesley, for such a thoughtful response! On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 6:06 PM Wesley M. Hochachka wrote: > Hi, > >I work at the Lab of O, and I suppose that I could be labelled a > "disease ecologist", but I want to make clear that I'm not speaking for the > Lab of Ornithology here. >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird virus

2021-07-10 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka
Hi, I work at the Lab of O, and I suppose that I could be labelled a "disease ecologist", but I want to make clear that I'm not speaking for the Lab of Ornithology here. Anyway, in terms of spread in NYS, I've heard informally that whatever this disease is, it's seems to have started to

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird virus

2021-07-10 Thread Johnson, Alyssa
Here is some info from the National Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/news/scientists-still-searching-pathogen-behind-easts-songbird-epidemic I work at Montezuma Audubon and am on vacation so I can’t help more, but we are waiting to hear from DEC what their directive is. For now, that

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird virus

2021-07-10 Thread Thomas Yaglowski
Sorry for not including specifics. I am in Central NY on the east side of Cayuga Lake. On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 9:29 AM Thomas Yaglowski wrote: > I've been seeing quite a bit about the mystery bird virus that is killing > many birds. My understanding is that it originated down South and is >

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

2021-07-10 Thread Asher Hockett
The CLO had brought us from early recordings of birds, through autonomous recording devices of overflying chips and peeps to owling while sleeping. Truly it's a brave new world. On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 3:48 PM Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > Some are finding the new Merlin sound ID app has some

[cayugabirds-l] Mystery bird virus

2021-07-10 Thread Thomas Yaglowski
I've been seeing quite a bit about the mystery bird virus that is killing many birds. My understanding is that it originated down South and is spreading rapidly to the northeast. A friend has relayed that it is now in Chautauqua county and the Hudson Valley region. What is everyone's opinion on

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin song

2021-07-10 Thread Carol Keeler
I tried Merlin song outside this morning after I figured out what I had done last night. When you wear Bluetooth hearing aids, you have to turn off the Bluetooth. It was amazing! I recorded from my deck and all these bird names popped up. I could hear the Robin and house wren, but it also