Re: sick & dying quail

[Marvis Collett <mcslcutah at mindspring dot com>]

I am not sure if all but I know many birds are susceptible to West Nile 
Virus.  You can report any dead birds you find to Kris Fehlberg, 
Department of Natural Resources, West Nile Virus Coordinator, 
801-538-4767.  You will get to a recording that asks for desciptions of 
the dead birds and for other information.  Some birds are showing up 
which have the virus -- but not a great many yet.

Marvis Collett

Deedee/Dick O'Brien wrote:
> In the last week or so 3 California Quail have sat around acting sick and
> been found dead either in my yard or my neighbor's yard. The most recent
> death was this afternoon, and there's another one sick. We don't have any
> poisons out, but I know these quail make a round of the entire neighborhood.
> Any ideas? They don't get West Nile, do they? The other ground-feeding birds
> (Mourning Doves, House Sparrows) all seem to be fine, though we had a couple
> House Finches sick about a month ago. Help!
> Deedee
>
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