Songbirds Are Getting Sick, and No One Knows Why
"The big issue is we don't know exactly what's going on. So there's a lot of folks out there working on figuring out what's happening and whether or not it's a transmissible disease that birds are communicating to each other," explained Brian Hess, a wildlife biologist with DEEP. There have been no reports of sick birds in Connecticut yet but DEEP encourages residents to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of diseases. "We've had a couple of anecdotal public reports that fit the symptom pattern, but none confirmed by a public lab so I can't honestly say yes it's here," Hess ad...
Source: nbcconnecticut.com
