Hi, I just copies this from Northern NY Birds for those feeding redpolls. Hello All, Seems there is another outbreak of Salmonella among the redpolls downstate New York Here's a note(below) from Ward Stone(NYS Wildlife Pathologist)with some advice. Brian McAllister Saranac Lake "The redpolls are suffering from a Salmonella outbreak that is transmitted by fecal contamination and feeders are easy way for this to take place. Wear gloves and take the feeder down and put it in a solution of 5% household bleach (eg. Chlorox) for several hours to kill the Salmonella. Then don't feed the birds for two weeks to prevent transmission at your site. Others in your area should do the same. Cats eating birds with Salmonella may be infected and have severe enteritis. These outbreaks are hard to stop as the redpolls are moving from place to place and thousands can die in one of these outbreaks. It is also helpful to disinfect the ground and with precautions remove the spilled seeds. Keep me posted on this out break. Usually these outbreaks involve several states, and I plan to talk about this on my radio show." Ward B. Stone, B.A., M.S., Sc. D. (Hon.) Wildlife Pathologist, Adjunct Professor, SUNY Cobleskill Adjunct Professor, College of Saint Rose NYS Dept. Environmental Conservation Wildlife Pathology Unit 108 Game Farm Road Delmar, NY 12054 wbstone AT gw.dec.state.ny.us (518) 478-3032 >From Mike Moccio **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

Is this something I need to worry about if redpolls do not visit my feeder? I live in a pretty dense suburb and I have never had a redpoll on my feeder. I guess I'm asking if this outbreak effects any other species. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:32 PM, <MJPM3@aol.com> wrote: > Hi, I just copies this from Northern NY Birds for those feeding redpolls. > > Hello All, > Seems there is another outbreak of Salmonella among the redpolls > downstate New York Here's a note(below) from Ward Stone(NYS Wildlife > Pathologist)with some advice. > > Brian McAllister > Saranac Lake > > "The redpolls are suffering from a Salmonella outbreak that is > transmitted by fecal contamination and feeders are easy way for this > to take place. Wear gloves and take the feeder down and put it > in a solution of 5% household bleach (eg. Chlorox) for several hours > to kill the Salmonella. Then don't feed the birds for two weeks to > prevent transmission at your site. Others in your area should do the > same. Cats eating birds with Salmonella may be infected and have > severe enteritis. These outbreaks are hard to stop as the redpolls > are > moving from place to place and thousands can die in one of these > outbreaks. > > It is also helpful to disinfect the ground and with precautions > remove > the spilled seeds. Keep me posted on this out break. Usually these > outbreaks involve several states, and I plan to talk about this on my > radio show." > > Ward B. Stone, B.A., M.S., Sc. D. (Hon.) > Wildlife Pathologist, > Adjunct Professor, SUNY Cobleskill > Adjunct Professor, College of Saint Rose > NYS Dept. Environmental Conservation > Wildlife Pathology Unit > 108 Game Farm Road > Delmar, NY 12054 > wbstone AT gw.dec.state.ny.us > (518) 478-3032 > > > >From Mike Moccio > > > > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >