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House Finch (with eye disease)
Carpodacus mexicanus
40.7608, -111.891
Field Notes
Description:
Oranged-pigmented finch with conjuntivitus. Infected birds have red, swollen, watery, or crusty eyes; in extreme cases the eyes become swollen shut or crusted over, and the birds become essentially blind.
Habitat:
Garden
Notes:
Conjunctivitis was first noticed in House Finches during the winter of 1993-94 in Virginia and Maryland. The disease later spread to states along the East Coast, and has now been reported throughout most of eastern North America, as far north as Quebec, Canada, and as far south as Florida.
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/science-stories/past-stories/house-finch…
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PublishedDecember 13, 2011
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