Words or Pictures WAS Re: Adult Forum Needed for Adult Topics

[Guest guest]

We've had the West Nile Virus up here near Chicago for a few years now.

The first year, it took all the crows in our neighborhood, all the blue

jays, and there are a couple of other kinds that have died out too (I

know because I have not heard their calls in a few years).

The blue jays have come back, and we do have a crow or two now and

then, but it's taking a while.

If the aviain flu came here, I'd hate to think what would happen if the

wild birds got it. That in addition to West Nile would severely reduce

the numbers of birds around here.

Coincidentally, mosquitos have increased noticably since the bird

population went down, even though they spray for them more.

Tom

Administrator

" This will sound horrible to many, but as far as avian flu

goes, I'm more concerned about the birds than the humans. Far too

many of us around right now, anyway. Am I awful? "