From:
Melanie Piazza, WildCare <wildcare@...>Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 2:45 PM
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Dear Judith,
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Healthy Pine Siskin. Photo by Tom Grey |
An outbreak of salmonella poisoning is killing songbirds throughout the Bay Area, and WildCare needs your help to stop the spread!
The disease salmonellosis is deadly to birds, and spreads rapidly through songbird populations. An epidemic can start when birds feed together at bird feeders, or when they use improperly-cleaned birdbaths.
Since January 1, WildCare has admitted 42 Pine Siskins ill with salmonellosis. Sadly, over 90% of them have died. Our Hotline has also received multiple calls about ill and dead songbirds in people's yards.
Although WildCare discourages the feeding of any wildlife, we recognize that millions of people enjoy their bird feeders. If you are feeding birds, you have a responsibility to the birds and local wildlife to follow the "intelligent feeding guidelines" as endorsed by WildCare, the Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Everyone with a birdfeeder needs to know this information!
Thank you for your help,
Melanie Piazza
Director of Animal Care
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