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Cotati, California
94931-9736
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WNV Dead Bird Hotline: (877) WNV - BIRD or (877) 968-2473
A Swainson's thrush died of West Nile virus infection at Hoopa Valley Elementary School about two weeks ago. Principal Jennifer Lane said an employee was eating lunch when a bird fell out of a tree and landed on the ground in front of her. "It's just a beautiful sunny day and all of the sudden this bird falls out of the tree and dies." she said.
October 10, 2004
The Times Standard
Eureka, California
Dead wild birds, killed by West Nile virus infection, have been reported from all 58 California counties. State laboratories confirmed that 3,232 of the birds sent for examination during 2004 had died of the disease (3,044 during 2005). But only a tiny fraction of the wild birds that die are ever discovered and sent to the state labs for testing. The staggering impact of West Nile virus on natural wildlife populations can only be imagined.
- West Nile's Widening Toll: Impact on Wildlife Far Worse Than Humans [Washington Post, December 28, 2002]
- A Second Silent Spring; WNV's impact on bird populations [Faultline, January 2003].
- Birds found in Tomales carried West Nile virus [Marin Independent Journal, Aug. 26, 2004].
- W. Nile's toll on birds is soaring [Sacramento Bee, Aug. 13, 2005].
- The other West Nile victims [Sacramento Bee, Dec. 27, 2005].
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