Should I be concerned? - Page 2

All birds, really. Raven's are very large and more noticeable. I've seen dead flickers, sparrows, song birds. The zoo even lost their pair of sand hill crane's to the epidemic.  CT traps and tests mosquito's every year, now.

Avian flu ?

http://www.wdin.org/newsmap/

Interesting map of wildlife die offs

Hundmutter: Not avian flu... the infected birds show no symptoms, the human vector does.

If you read the wiki link, they mention many other animals affected, including dogs, but I'd never heard of it in CT. Oh, because if a dog does gets the virus, they show no symptoms... read all about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nile_virus


What we advise most is prevention. Keep a vigilant look out for standing water that creates breeding areas for mosquitos. Use repellents. Avoid dark clothes at night. These are a few things you can do.

Mocking birds for one, the other birds, no clue what they are.

American Robins, it says, too, apparently are at the top with the crows being affected by WNV. I just never saw a dead one. Probably because a crow ate it? Our mockingbirds are quite obnoxious, the dog probably would not miss him if he died, I know the cat would be ecstatic to have him gone.

Flickers are a kind of woodpecker. Sparrows are little brown birds. Song birds are like the American Golden finch. Hope this helps.

beetree, funny thing here is that mocking birds constantly attack (would that be the right word?) the crows in the air. 

I have 2 dogs (of 4) that can (and do) catch and kill birds in the yard. It's not impossible for a dog to kill a bird.

Zep--

They do here, too. They are very territorial. But haven't you noticed that the crows will also attack the hawks? They will gang up on hawks, actually, regular bullies.

 Zep.....I was out there with my dogs when they just went over and picked them up off the ground.  I know they didn't kill those this time...especially considering Auggie is the one who has picked up two today......highly doubt Auggie.....a 16 week old puppy jumped up and caught a bird in the air.  I have four Siberian Huskies......I no longer think anything is impossible when it comes to hunting with them anyway.  A Husky I had in the past caught more birds than I have fingers and toes combined, she killed numerous squirrels, chipmunks, a raccoon,  literally over 10 moles, and I don't know what else.  That dog could probably take down a deer if she wanted to.  Aside from that, Little Dude, in the past has killed birds that were in trees, he'd make his way up a tree partially and pull one out of a nest if I didn't keep an eye on him close enough, and kill whatever was in it.  He's killed and caught other bigger birds in the past, a snake,  and some other critters.  These guys will hunt any prey. With that said, I know good and well they didn't kill these birds the past few days because if they kill it....they don't just leave it around.  I always have to tell them to drop it, and then I toss it into the field with the shovel......otherwise they will eat it, they will eat anything they kill.