Why Do Birds Keep Dying In My Yard?

[AlbertTatlockDeceased]

I Reckon they were bored to death

[gburns57au]

I Reckon they were bored to death

They must have read this thread then....

could it be

They died from old age......???

Parasite infection...???

Just take sensible precautions when handling the dead bird....not because of bird flu but because it is the hygenic way. When you get about 10 or 20 dying in a week then start to worry.

[retirednavyman]

birds do die - in towns the cats are their main predators.

possibly all of them were cats victims - they were not killed and eaten but just injured beyond surviving the ordeal.

That's what i was thinking too, but generally cats kill it and then bring it to their master (for lack of a better word) to show it off to them as if to say, look Mom aren't you proud of me?

[Zeid]

I would suggest you go out and rent the movie the core

[sukanyacondo]

Three birds in two months doesn't exactly establish a pattern and the reasons they died could be many. Pigeons frequently crash into windows, someone nearby could have put out rat or other kind of poison, used a powerful insecticide spray, on and on.

I think you can pretty much discount bird flu but, as with any sick animal, wash well after handling it and if this does indeed turn into a pattern, I would contact some local university agricultural dept and take their advice as to investigation, reporting, etc..

I can definately vouch for the flying into windows reply. My Dad has a large thru lounge with patio door one end and a big window the other. Birds see what they think is a tunnel and try to fly thru it ,result a loud bang and a dead or stunned bird. My dad now keeps the curtains shut at one end and has no more dead birds.

It didnt stop the ostrich tho!!!!!

[sukanyacondo]

I Reckon they were bored to death

Is that what happened to you Albert???

[sukanyacondo]

50 million people died in the last epidemic.

Experts agree that this strain could do the same.

It's not hysterics....it's facts...supported by the WHO, and every other agency you can think of.

Bagging up the bird is dangerous...as is being in it's vicinity unprotected.

Why do the guys disinfecting affected areas wear fukcing space suits if it's no big deal?

I had a little bird,

Its name was Enza.

I opened the window,

And in-flu-enza.

While there is certainly another worldwide pandemic coming, I don't think that hysterical fear is the answer. The 'epidemic' you refer to was almost 100 years ago when hygiene was something far less than today's standards even in developing countries.

Not long ago it was Herpes that was going to sweep the planet, then (among other things) SARS was all the rage, then AIDS (which isn't even a disease), and now it is the Bird Flu scare..

Granted, people, quite a few of them, have died from all of these (well, not Herpes or SARS or Bird Flu) but more people die every year from the simple lack of clean drinking water than even the last, or next, pandemic can equal.

Yawn..Ho hum..

It doesn't even make front-page news (if at all) that millions of children are dying every year from simply and literally shitting themselves to death from the lack of the basic necessity of life - CLEAN WATER for Christ's sake!

By all means, don't pick up that bird - 50 million may die!

Yeah and I never liked "The Who" always smashing up their instruments etc!!!

[TBWG]

Yeah and I never liked "The Who" always smashing up their instruments etc!!!

But I quite liked the Byrds

TBWG