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In reply to the discussion: Where have all the sparrows gone? [View all]

japple

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11. We have had a decline in goldfinches and the house finches have, for the past
Sat Mar 9, 2019, 12:54 PM
Mar 2019

few years, been afflicted with some sort of eye virus. We kept finding dead finches at the edge of the house a few years ago and I contacted state wildlife dept. to ask what might be the problem. He replied that finches often have limited sight or blindness due to a type of virus. They fly into buildings or windows and are killed.

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