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State says to keep your bird feeders down, salmonellosis still spreading Jessie Darland, Kitsap Sun © MEEGAN M. REID / KITSAP SUN A pine siskin sits upon a cedar limb near Brownsville on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
Finches and songbirds visiting from Canada haven’t returned north yet and are still congregating in mass in Washington state spreading salmonellosis.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is asking people to continue keeping their bird feeders down until at least March 1 in Western Washington and until April 1 in Eastern Washington. The department originally asked people to bring their feeders in until at least February, but because of the extent of the problem, feeders will need to be hidden away until the birds begin returning to the boreal forests of Canada.
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Washington wildlife officials ask residents to take down bird feeders amid outbreak of salmonellosis by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI
Much like humans amid the current pandemic, it turns out birds in the Seattle area will also have to practice social distancing this winter due to an outbreak of salmonellosis.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is asking residents in King, Kitsap, Skagit, Snohomish, and Thurston counties to take down their backyard bird feeders to help stop birds congregating together and spreading the bacterial disease, which can be deadly to birds. When birds flock together in large numbers at feeders, they can transmit the disease through droppings and saliva, said WDFW veterinarian Kristin Mansfield in a news release.
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