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I found a common redpoll today (2/26/05) under my feeder. I have been = using mesh thistle bags which have been free of mold. Of course, it = could have fed elsewhere before arriving in my yard. It's eyes appeared = to be matted shut, but it did not look like the conjunctivitis I have = seen in other finches. I have been averaging 20 - 30 redpolls a day, = but have only seen two today. This may be one of them as it is a very = recent death. The bird was still warm when I picked it up. Has anyone = else in SW Minnesota found dead redpolls? I know that this is occurring = up north and in the cities. Sue Morton Cottonwood, MN ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C51BFB.814E22D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I found a common redpoll today = (2/26/05) under my=20 feeder. I have been using mesh thistle bags which have been free = of=20 mold. Of course, it could have fed elsewhere before arriving in my = yard. It's eyes appeared to be matted shut, but it did not look = like the=20 conjunctivitis I have seen in other finches. I have been averaging = 20 - 30=20 redpolls a day, but have only seen two today. This may be one of = them as=20 it is a very recent death. The bird was still warm when I picked = it=20 up. Has anyone else in SW Minnesota found dead redpolls? I = know that=20 this is occurring up north and in the cities.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sue Morton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cottonwood, = MN</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C51BFB.814E22D0--