Thank you, Bill and Alex.  Dana's presentation at CU this afternoon was very
interesting.  I had nonnative House Finches infected with Mycoplasmal
conjunctivitis in IA prior to moving here in 2000.  I then had the problem
with native ones up in Evergreen, and I have it down here in Golden.  I have
another male now with ~"grade 2" per my binoculars and Dana's rating system.
So, the feeders came down again, got deconned, and I hope the bird goes
somewhere else.  I will keep them down for a while.  It was encouraging that
the bacterium is only transmissible on feeders, etc. from eye-rubbing by the
infected bird for 6h and 12h, but not 24 hr.

 

Dana mentioned that it "apparently" is found in CO now that it has moved
west since 2002 or so.  Do others commonly see it in House Finches at their
feeders?

 

Kay

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From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of William H Kaempfer
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:29 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] Ornithology series at CU-Boulder

 

Alex Cruz asked if I would make the following knows to Cobirds recipients:

 

 

 

The following presentations will be of interest.  

 

Talks are held in the Ramaley Biology Building, CU Boulder Campus.

 

Oct 1 Fri  EBIO Colloquium - Ramaley N1B23  3:30-4:30 Dana Hawley - Ecology
and Evolution of an Emerging Disease in a Songbird Host:  Mycoplasmal
conjunctivitis in House Finches.

 

Oct 8 Fri  EBIO Colloquium - Ramaley N1B23 3:30-4:30 Clint Francis - The
Causes and Consequences of Anthropogenic Noise on Avian Communities.

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

 

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