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bird id please

  • 30-01-2013 9:44pm
    #1
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭


    Found this poor fella when I came home from work today. Greenfinch?

    Anyone care to speculate on a probable cause of death this time of year?

    IMAG0472-1.jpg


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  • #2
    Mothman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Greenfinch.

    Unfortunately, probably cause is Trichomoniasis


  • #3
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Mothman wrote: »
    Greenfinch.

    Unfortunately, probably cause is Trichomoniasis

    Right a good clean of the feeders and ground so at the weekend.
    They drop a serious amount of poop on and around the feeders. A full time job


  • #4
    Desmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Desmo


    Mothman is right!
    From that link he posted
    "Feeding should be stopped for approx. 10 days to two weeks to allow birds which had previously visiting the feeders to disperse and so reduce the likelihood of other birds being infected. However, it is best not to resume until you no longer see any infected birds in or around your garden."


  • #5
    swifts need our help!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭swifts need our help!


    My feeders are washed daily in very hot water and detergent. I no longer fill them to the top but just half way.

    The feeders are moved every few days - tree, different tree, ground, sun room roof, drive in the back yard and on the ground in the back garden

    I know someone who hangs feeders on a kind of washing line. He gradually moves the feeders from one end to the other. The soil underneath is bare and gets turned over as the feeders move.

    Greenfinches are only just making a comeback and it would be a shame to lose them totally


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