B.C. SPCA warns of dangers to birds with backyard feeders | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Image Credit: B.C. SPCA/Patrick OâSullivan January 23, 2021 - 10:22 AM Seeing wild birds visit your backyard can be a joy but backyard feeders also come with risks. Bird feeders can disrupt populations and increase the risk of disease, window strikes, predation, and conflicts with rodents and other wildlife attracted to the feeders, according to the B.C.SPCA. In January, an outbreak of Salmonella resulted in many sick pine siskins in the Lower Mainland and south Vancouver Island. The disease spread when birds came together at bird feeders. More than 50 pine siskins hav...