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Originally Posted by Nitsua0491
You should be careful... birds are a host for West Nile Virus, and when lots of them turn up dead it is usually a sign that the virus is about to flare up. What type of birds were they? Crows seem to be the worst hit by WNV.
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The first one appeared to be a robin. It was brown/black with a light brown breast. The other one was mostly grey, probably a dove.
We do have crows. Our house butts up against a wooded field, (a school), and they're always around there. We also have owls back there. And oddly enough our neighbor down the street has a rooster, chicken and a couple of chicks. I doubt it has anything to do with the chicken and rooster since that family has owned them for years.
I doubt it's anything to worry about, but since that bird scare downtown, people have been paying more attention lately.