An interesting fact I just now read. I'm wondering if anyone cares to shed further light on this: "Several recent studies show that wild birds transport ticks and their associated diseases during migration. Also, a number of bird species are able to contract the bacterium (Borrelia burgdorferi) causing Lyme Disease, and transport it to uninfected ticks that parasitize the birds for a blood meal. Since ground-feeding species like cardinals, catbird, song sparrows and Robin's spend a significant amount of time foraging for food at the optimum height for ticks, they are excellent hosts and have all demonstrated the ability to infect ticks with with the bacterium during their first blood meal." "Naturally Curious Day by Day......." Mary Holland August 19 entry
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