Why You Should Stop Feeding and Watering the Birds Immediately
If you live near bear country like the Adirondacks and Catskills, it's not unusual to hear the suggestion to take down bird feeders. Now all Central New Yorkers are encouraged to take down feeders, bird baths, and anything attracting birds. The suggestion comes from the state Audubon Society, so it must be serious.
For the last few months numerous birds have been dying from an unknown illness all along the East Coast. Researchers have ruled out some diseases, but they can't specify what is killing an inordinate number of blue jays, common grackles, European starlings and robins.