[CT Birds] dead sparrow

[Katz1449 at aol.com]

>From Bev Propen  1/2
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I have had 2 sick house sparrows at my feeders  the  past few days.  One male 
had his head feathers all ruffled, his neck  stretching out  and shaking his 
head.  He pushed his head back &  forth over the seeds in the feeder, spilling 
most of it.  The sick female  sparrow also had ruffled head feathers and one 
eye  glassy looking.   Today I found the female house sparrow dead on my back 
porch next to the slider  door.  She was very thin, all her feathers ratty 
looking and her left eye  lid very red.
I have been cleaning & changing my feeders.  Several  years ago I had 2 dead 
sparrows in my yard.  I sent one of the bodies to  UCONN and I was informed 
that it died of salmonella.  I was told to clear  all the seed under the 
feeders, and bleach the ground and feeders.
so I am making sure to do that again now.  I don't know  if it is salmonella 
again.
Has anyone else had anything  similar?



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