A good family doctor or internist is likely to be aware of it and test for it when appropriate. It is pretty well known in the medical community and there is lots of information out there about it, and while cases have increased, it is still quite rare for an individual clinician to have seen many cases. So don't be too alarmed!
On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 12:01 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Tuesday, March 21, 2023. > > 1. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 2. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 3. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 4. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 5. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 6. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 7. Babesiosis article from Times > 8. tickMAP. Upstate Tick testing and information > 9. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 10. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 11. Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > 12. Garden Pesticide Use Harms Local Bird Populations, Study Authors Say > "We Should Simply Ban These Poisons" - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog > 13. Syracuse area RBA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:42:52 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Paywall 😢 > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > > > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:52:52 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Is there any other way this could be sent out to us? Some of us don’t have > a New York Times subscription so I can’t read it. > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > > > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: John Gregoire <johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:13:07 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Nothing new. Google that title for multiple articles. > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 6:53 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Is there any other way this could be sent out to us? Some of us don’t > have > > a New York Times subscription so I can’t read it. > > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > >> > >> -- > >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >> *Archives:* > >> The Mail Archive > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >> -- > >> > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Kelly Sams <tulugaqdr...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:28:30 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Several tick born diseases are present in the Northeast and more are coming > with changing climate and new species of tick making their way north. > > The Goodman Pathogen lab at Cornell is working on a surveillance project to > collect ticks from wildlife and catalogue what they are carrying. > > Also, the Thangamani Lab at Upstate in Syracuse will test any ticks the > public sends in for a panel of diseases. All it costs is shipping. Great > resource! > > Kelly > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 7:13 AM John Gregoire <johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Nothing new. Google that title for multiple articles. > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 6:53 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Is there any other way this could be sent out to us? Some of us don’t > >> have a New York Times subscription so I can’t read it. > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >>> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > > > >>> Rules and Information < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >>> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >>> *Archives:* > >>> The Mail Archive > >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >>> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >>> -- > >>> > >> -- > >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >> *Archives:* > >> The Mail Archive > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >> -- > >> > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:34:23 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / babesiosis. I had it two > summers ago along with Lyme when it was still rare here. It's a single > celled organism that attacks red blood cells and platelets, like malaria, > and is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or anaplasmosis (look that > up too). When I had it, no one I went to had heard of it until I got to Dr. > Macqueen, who had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical > community knows about it. Most people fight it off eventually, but it can > possibly kill and can definitely linger in your system. I want to praise > Dr. Macqueen and the Cayuga Center for Infectious diseases. > > Scott > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 06:43 Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Paywall 😢 > > > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > >> > >> -- > >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >> *Archives:* > >> The Mail Archive > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >> -- > >> > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:49:07 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 6 > > Thanks everybody for filling me in! > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / babesiosis. I had it > > two summers ago along with Lyme when it was still rare here. It's a > single > > celled organism that attacks red blood cells and platelets, like malaria, > > and is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or anaplasmosis (look > that > > up too). When I had it, no one I went to had heard of it until I got to > Dr. > > Macqueen, who had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical > > community knows about it. Most people fight it off eventually, but it can > > possibly kill and can definitely linger in your system. I want to praise > > Dr. Macqueen and the Cayuga Center for Infectious diseases. > > > > Scott > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 06:43 Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Paywall 😢 > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >>> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > > > >>> Rules and Information < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >>> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >>> *Archives:* > >>> The Mail Archive > >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >>> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >>> -- > >>> > >> -- > >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >> *Archives:* > >> The Mail Archive > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >> -- > >> > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Babesiosis article from Times > From: Carol Cedarholm <cceda...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:09:16 -0700 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html?unlocked_article_code=w_lcrgNhByKGTT2ONeBpkZQ0nQ3vCVF6TusQFTpYBIizNR93l_--X6XEXgcdkEoPSVjS33CicdXqp4e7N8CBmH5RlMeA-QaANo4mi6xhaSFIJ7lr3zK8zk7qhhRnpkMfkSH8VsVrzVRp4O_1--I490WpiTCEyHLl_TipNrDvxdbaM6P7vJP9v6pmtDEt8JlZCiQ-CPZs0lGxcW350i57wm7rqO8pRYYO1L5eOJ27jmyyV3uRocImGdxk0uVPy5RvJOW2Ylr2kg4A1r6TcjlrEDfToDJHZ89STbvv0T4ejuPO1pgplq_MYDAtwCdbps439w2SHmchv1WcnD3Dh_SCEJ41XD0btVPEifg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: tickMAP. Upstate Tick testing and information > From: Regi Teasley <rltcay...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:39:36 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > FYI > https://nyticks.org/tickmap > > Regi > ____________ > Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. > Terry Tempest Williams > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: "Kate T. Finn" <midwif...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:10:33 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > We have Insectishield clothes and religiously use insect repellent, and do > tick checks. Any tick found can/should be sent to the Upstate Medical lab > for free testing for tick borne disease. > > > https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2019/06/upstate-lab-tests-ticks-for-diseases-for-free.html > > Kate and John Finn > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 7:49 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks everybody for filling me in! > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / babesiosis. I had it > >> two summers ago along with Lyme when it was still rare here. It's a > single > >> celled organism that attacks red blood cells and platelets, like > malaria, > >> and is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or anaplasmosis (look > that > >> up too). When I had it, no one I went to had heard of it until I got to > Dr. > >> Macqueen, who had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical > >> community knows about it. Most people fight it off eventually, but it > can > >> possibly kill and can definitely linger in your system. I want to praise > >> Dr. Macqueen and the Cayuga Center for Infectious diseases. > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 06:43 Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Paywall 😢 > >>> > >>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >>>> Welcome and Basics < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >>>> Rules and Information > >>>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > >>>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >>>> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >>>> *Archives:* > >>>> The Mail Archive > >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >>>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >>>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >>>> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >>>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >>> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > > > >>> Rules and Information < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >>> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >>> *Archives:* > >>> The Mail Archive > >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >>> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >>> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >>> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >>> -- > >>> > >> -- > >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > >> *Archives:* > >> The Mail Archive > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > >> *Please submit your observations to eBird > >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > >> -- > >> > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > < > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > *Archives:* > > The Mail Archive > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: Nancy Cusumano <nancycusuman...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:36:53 -0700 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > Here’s the article gifted. > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html?unlocked_article_code=eMOtfhFK1XpTj5fK_SKkfjz6YD3VpsJE3gr-OiSMdTU0lMShGBjuuJY00Ldd1a8epzV9qvJ3ze2ui023a-17O5rbhs-6Z0CHkIA0SVufST3mJtP5l6FUJj4-0tU2cax0w-FK3vqPIeKBf_5Dr9a9gC1aYC_se0s122ScubYY-IPXd8CTqjnTItvSTn0589SUg7-eeY495s7ZOBT5cp6Rv1hlQxfE7vdGkgBe8ba69h8dPHkDFjIXTJ8UI12cogGt8cy-NCE-xyS6qMfqjR8krFC9iasgqyinlo6PlPvg-MOvXYnPAMrSl1SxQEpV2P64B2VKKwLkqmR4Ppyswef-kWFNW1O1XFSOJ3U&smid=url-share[1] > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Mar 20, 2023, at 6:11 AM, Kate T. Finn <midwif...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > We have Insectishield clothes and religiously use insect > repellent, and do tick checks. Any tick found can/should be sent > to the Upstate Medical lab for free testing for tick borne > disease. > > https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2019/06/upstate-lab-tests-ticks-for-diseases-for-free.html[2] > Kate and John Finn > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 7:49 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com[3]> > wrote: > > > Thanks everybody for filling me in! > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com[4]> > wrote: > > > You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / > babesiosis. I had it two summers ago along with Lyme when > it was still rare here. It's a single celled organism that > attacks red blood cells and platelets, like malaria, and > is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or > anaplasmosis (look that up too). When I had it, no one I > went to had heard of it until I got to Dr. Macqueen, who > had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical > community knows about it. Most people fight it off > eventually, but it can possibly kill and can definitely > linger in your system. I want to praise Dr. Macqueen and > the Cayuga Center for Infectious diseases. > Scott > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 06:43 Maryfaith Miller <merrymilkm...@gmail.com[5]> > wrote: > > > Paywall ðﾟﾘﾢ > On Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 8:58 PM Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com[6]> > wrote: > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html[7] > -- *Cayugabirds-L > List Info:* Welcome and Basics[8] Rules and > Information[9] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave[10] > *Archives:* The > Mail Archive[11] Surfbirds[12] BirdingOnThe.Net[13] > *Please > submit your observations to eBird[14]!* -- > > -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics[15] Rules > and Information[16] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave[17] > *Archives:* The > Mail Archive[18] Surfbirds[19] BirdingOnThe.Net[20] *Please > submit your observations to eBird[21]!* -- > > -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics[22] Rules > and Information[23] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave[24] > *Archives:* The > Mail Archive[25] Surfbirds[26] BirdingOnThe.Net[27] *Please > submit your observations to eBird[28]!* -- > > -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics[29] Rules and > Information[30] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave[31] *Archives:* > The > Mail Archive[32] Surfbirds[33] BirdingOnThe.Net[34] *Please > submit your observations to eBird[35]!* -- > > -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics[36] Rules and > Information[37] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave[38] *Archives:* The > Mail Archive[39] Surfbirds[40] BirdingOnThe.Net[41] *Please submit > your observations to eBird[42]!* -- > > [1] > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html?unlocked_article_code=eMOtfhFK1XpTj5fK_SKkfjz6YD3VpsJE3gr-OiSMdTU0lMShGBjuuJY00Ldd1a8epzV9qvJ3ze2ui023a-17O5rbhs-6Z0CHkIA0SVufST3mJtP5l6FUJj4-0tU2cax0w-FK3vqPIeKBf_5Dr9a9gC1aYC_se0s122ScubYY-IPXd8CTqjnTItvSTn0589SUg7-eeY495s7ZOBT5cp6Rv1hlQxfE7vdGkgBe8ba69h8dPHkDFjIXTJ8UI12cogGt8cy-NCE-xyS6qMfqjR8krFC9iasgqyinlo6PlPvg-MOvXYnPAMrSl1SxQEpV2P64B2VKKwLkqmR4Ppyswef-kWFNW1O1XFSOJ3U&smid=url-share > [2] > > https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2019/06/upstate-lab-tests-ticks-for-diseases-for-free.html > [3] mailto:lwilmarth...@gmail.com > [4] mailto:scott.b...@gmail.com > [5] mailto:merrymilkm...@gmail.com > [6] mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com > [7] > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/babesiosis-tick-disease-northeast.html > [8] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [9] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > [10] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [11] > http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [12] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [13] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [14] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > [15] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [16] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > [17] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [18] > http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [19] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [20] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [21] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > [22] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [23] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > [24] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [25] > http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [26] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [27] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [28] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > [29] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [30] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > [31] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [32] > http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [33] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [34] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [35] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > [36] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > [37] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > [38] > http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > [39] > http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > [40] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > [41] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > [42] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Tick disease other than Lyme. > From: madonna stallmann <madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:00:38 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 11 > > Sorry to say this information is out of date. The FREE tick testing is > currently suspended. > > https://nyticks.org/ > > One can still get the tick tested, but they will have to pay the current > fee. > > 🐦Madonna Stallmann > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 9:10 AM Kate T. Finn <midwif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We have Insectishield clothes and religiously use insect repellent, and > do > > tick checks. Any tick found can/should be sent to the Upstate Medical > lab > > for free testing for tick borne disease. > > > > > > > https://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2019/06/upstate-lab-tests-ticks-for-diseases-for-free.html > > > > Kate and John Finn > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 7:49 AM Lanie Wilmarth <lwilmarth...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks everybody for filling me in! > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> You don't need the article. Just look up babesia / babesiosis. I had it > >>> two summers ago along with Lyme when it was still rare here. It's a > single > >>> celled organism that attacks red blood cells and platelets, like > malaria, > >>> and is treated the same way as malaria, not Lyme or anaplasmosis (look > that > >>> up too). When I had it, no one I went to had heard of it until I got > to Dr. > >>> Macqueen, who had dealt with it in Maine. Now I'm sure the medical > >>> community knows about it. Most people fight it off eventually, but it > can > >>> possibly kill and can definitely linger in your system. 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Let’s work to > change this. Don’t leave your elected representative wondering about your > feelings on this topic. > > > https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2023/02/garden-pesticide-use-harms-local-bird-populations-study-authors-say-we-should-simply-ban-these-poisons/ > > Regi > ____________ > Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. > Terry Tempest Williams > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Syracuse area RBA > From: Joseph Brin <brinjos...@yahoo.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:06:59 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 13 > > > RBA > > > > * New York > > * Syracuse > > * March 20, 2023 > > * NYSY 03.20.23 > > > > Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert > > Dates(s): March 13, 2022 to March 20, 2023 > > to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com > > covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge > > and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), > > Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland > > compiled: March 20 AT 2:00 p.m. (EDT) > > compiler: Joseph Brin > > Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org > > > > > > #833: Monday March 20, 2023 > > > > Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of > > March 13, 2022 > > > > > > > Highlights > > ------------ > > > > > RED-THROATED LOON > > CACKLING GOOSE > > ROSS’S GOOSE > > EURASIAN WIGEON > > SANDHILL CRANE > > BLACK VULTURE > > LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL > > ICELAND GULL > > SHORT-EARED OWL > > RED-HEADED WOODPECKER > > YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD > > CHIPPING SPARROW > > EVENING GROSBEAK > > LAPLAND LONGSPUR > > RED CROSSBILL > > > > > > > > > > > Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma and Montezuma > > Wetlands Complex > > ---------- > > > > > 3/17: A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at the Wilgoose field on Rt. 89. > > 3/18: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Howland Island. CACKLING GEESE > were seen at the Visitor’s Center and at the Morgan Road Marsh. > > 3/19: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at the Malone Marsh. > > > > > > > > Cayuga County > > ------------ > > > > 3/16: A RED-THROATED LOON was seen from Fair Haven State Park. > > 3/17: A blue phase ROSS’S GOOSE was seen from Rt. 31 west of Port > Byron. > > > > > > > > Oswego County > > ------------- > > > > > EVENING GROSBEAKS continue to be seen in the northern part of the > county in West Amboy and Redfield. > > 3/16: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Lake Neawahnta in > Fulton. 2 CACKLING GEESE were seen from derby Hill on Lake Ontario. > > 3/18: an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at a feeder on > Ouderkirk Road west of Pulaski. 3 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Derby Hill. > > > > > > > > Onondaga County > > ------------ > > > > > 3/16: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen near the Marshy Spits on the west > side of Onondaga Lake. > > 3/17: A female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was at a feeder at a residence > on Sunview Drive in Elbridge. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on No. 4 Road in > Fabius. A BLACK VULTURE was seen near Jamesville. > > 3/18: 3 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Shakham Road in the Morgan Hill > State Forest. > > 3/19: A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen on Comstock Road in Syracuse. A > LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen on Pompey Center Road south of Jamesville. A > BLACK VULTURE was seen from Rt. 81 near Jamesville. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED > GULL was seen at the Inner Harbor near Destiny. > > > > > > > > Madison County > > ------------ > > > > > 3/18: 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL wereseen at > Ditchbank Road north of Canastota. > > > > > > > > Oneida County > > ------------ > > > > > 3/18: 3 BLACK VULTURES were see from Rt. 46 south of Rome. > > > > > > > > Herkimer County > > ------------ > > > > > 3/15: 18 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen near Mechanic Street in Herkimer. > > 3/16: 15 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Old Forge. > > 3/18: A BLACK VULTURE was seen from Aurther street in Little Falls. 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