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Join Date: Nov 2008
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West Nile may have killed young bald eagles
By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer August 12, 2009 3:00 AM http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090812/A_NEWS/908120334 excerpt from above: Quote:
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Official Plant Nerd
Join Date: Dec 2008
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This sickens me. The West Nile virus is transmitted from mosquitoes that get the virus from infected birds and then transmit it to people and other birds. Starlings and house sparrows are carriers of WN but unlike crows, they never die from it... sooooo... they're out there flying around in the millions exacerbating the spread of WN and we do next to nothing about them.
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Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Starlings and house sparrows are being referred to as amplifying hosts of west niles virus-
Migratory Birds and Spread of West Nile Virus in the Western Hemisphere Pest Birds: Pigeons, Starlings, and Sparrows
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bald, bald eagle, bald eagles, bird health, eagle, eagles, house sparrows, killed, migratory, migratory birds, mosquitoes, nile, starlings, west, west nile virus, young |
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