Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

now the > last adult has also died. > > Pat > > > -Original Message- > From: Minnesota Birds On Behalf Of Tom Gilde > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 1:15 PM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders > > On a

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

*Forwarded to MOU-NET at the request of MN DNR:* The DNR is aware of the recommendations put forth by the Raptor Center with UMN and our own guidance, at this time, has not changed. We have not received any confirmed reports of songbirds affected by this strain of avian influenza. DNR guidance ali

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

This is a pretty simple request from the Raptor Center as passed along by Jim Williams. I would count them as ornithologists, wouldn't you?. Since birds get very little of their three squares from our feeders, dumping out the feeders now won't affect them in the least. Isn't it better to err on

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

t owl near the nest, still alive. And that was yesterday, so it's possible that by now the last adult has also died. Pat -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds On Behalf Of Tom Gilde Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 1:15 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Avian inf

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

Here's a link to a news story about the owls: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-south-minneapolis-great-horned-owl-family-of-5-dies-of-suspected-avian-flu#:~:text=Avian%20flu%20is%20the%20suspected,reported%20the%20deaths%20Thursday%20afternoon . On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 1:14 PM Tom Gilde

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

On a related note, I just read that three of the Nokomis owls have died. This was published on Neighbors Inc. but I think that the report is from the Raptor Center. I have not confirmed that. Tom > On Apr 15, 2022, at 12:56 PM, Steve Weston wrote: > thanks. I stand corrected. > Steve Westo

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

I’m hoping that the ornithologists will weigh in. I’m planning to run out the rest of the sunflower seed in our feeder and then not refill until late June, approximately. What I’ve read suggests that avian flu is principally spreading via waterfowl and that raptors which come in contact with t

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

thanks. I stand corrected. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swesto...@gmail.com Virus-free. www.avg.com

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

There has been one crow in MN that tested positive at the beginning of April Karen On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 12:49 PM Steve Weston wrote: > I have heard the call to take down bird feeders and I have responded > marginally. So far, the only report of any backyard birds being found > infected has b

Re: [mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

I have heard the call to take down bird feeders and I have responded marginally. So far, the only report of any backyard birds being found infected has been a Blue Jay in Nova Scotia. I do not get any congregation of birds on my feeders, so I haven't responded because of that. I do have one feeder

[mou-net] Avian influenza and bird feeders

MOU, Last night on the local news there were stories suggesting people take down their bird feeders and remove their bird baths to stop the spread of the avian influenza. Is this a suggestion the MOU supports? On another note we had a pair of Ruby-Crowned Kinglets and a pair of Golden-Crowned