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Songbirds are dying. Should you pull your bird feeder down?
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Pine siskins face a deadly dilemma in the San Antonio area this spring.
The small songbirds with muted brown and yellow plumage are taking the brunt of a spike in salmonellosis, an infection caused by the salmonella bacteria. Local residents have found dead pine siskins and other finches near their bird feeders.
Wildlife experts recommend cleaning feeders regularly or pulling them down entirely to prevent the spread of the disease. But those same feeders are seeing more hungry migratory birds than ever after a winter freeze that decimated Texas plants.