[Mnbird] Bird Flu Spreaders

[Pamela Brustman]

Tami- thank you for that information, it is a very helpful bit of
information to further understand the entire story.
I regret my statement vis a vis this, but it IS very common for people to
misinterpret singleton or few instances as pointing to a cause when not all
data are in.

And, I forgot the part about tracking it, and should have remembered from
last go round

Kingfishers!

Your posts are always informative and I look forward to hearing your
sightings as they usually precede who arrives in my location by a week or
so.
Or, they did when I was in Oak Grove. Now in St Michael on the Crow, that
maybe isn't true.

Good birding !
- Pamela
Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to
accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Unknown

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
― Aldo Leopold
I am one who cannot.


On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 10:35 AM Tami Vogel via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> Those species are not, so far, shown to be susceptible to this recent
> outbreak of HPAI, which involves multiple strains. Nor were they the last
> time around.
>
> We are taking swabs for testing of many species not currently listed in an
> effort to help wildlife hospitals across the nation get a better view of
> the virus' scope.
>
> Through this, we've added several new species to the "susceptible list" in
> the past three weeks, including kingfishers. We're waiting on the required
> confirmation after a positive at the UMN VDL.
>
> It is spreading through waterfowl and the susceptible species (list
> available at APHIS USDA). Since it is high path (the HP of HPAI), all you
> have to do is walk through duck/goose poop and you are spreading the virus.
> Once one bird gets the virus it spreads like wildfire.
>
> I'm happy to answer any questions off channel. Just wanted to correct this
> misinformation.
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tami Vogel
> Communications and Development Director
> Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
> www.wrcmn.org
>
>
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> *From:* Mnbird <mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net> on behalf of DONALD
> GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird <mnbird at lists.mnbird.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 14, 2022, 10:14 AM
> *To:* mnbird
> *Subject:* [Mnbird] Bird Flu Spreaders
>
> Waterfowl are often cited in the media as the birds spreading the bird
> flu.  But I have never seen video of a mallard or a wild goose sauntering
> into a barn filled with thousands of turkeys or chickens. But I have seen
> house sparrows, starlings and common pigeons (rock doves) flying into the
> many openings on such buildings.  And virtually every farm yard has sizable
> populations of at least one of these species present. Poultry farmers would
> do well to try to control the local populations of these species.
> Certainly they can get the disease from migrating waterfowl. But these
> common, unprotected by law, species must be major vectors in bird flu
> transmission.
>
> Don Grussing
> Minnetonka
>
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