Last evening I spoke with a friend who works at Alabama State Labs and he said that the West Nile Virus appears to be hitting large birds hard. The pair of breeding Golden Eagles at Montgomery Zoo have been lost, along with several other birds, another Golden was found dead, a Bald Eagle was found dead in Lowdnes County near here last week and everyone is terribly concerned. "Tiger", the Auburn mascot does have mosquito netting over her cage, so we all hope that it is enough to save her. He also said that birds that had West Nile a year ago are relapsing and dying. This was possibly the most unsettling news of all. Let's all be sure we don't have any standing water around. Carolyn Snow Montgomery =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================