Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 22:06     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

They might’ve flown into windows seeing the reflection of the sky or trees in them. House windows kill literal TONS (by weight) of birds each year.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 22:05     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Probably bird flu.


Unlikely unless they have been exposed to poultry.



Wild birds are the natural reservoir for bird flu, not poultry.

Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 18:35     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have found two dead cardinals in my yard in the last 10 days. Is there something going around?


They probably had something on the Pope. Vatican don't play.


How close is your yard to the Naval Observatory?

I had, um, similar, unfortunate thoughts.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 18:27     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if one of your neighbors put out something poisonous and it got on seeds or in a small water supply.


Yes. Bird flu has decreased significantly in the last month, no one knows why.
Anonymous
Post 05/23/2025 18:20     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Anonymous wrote:I have found two dead cardinals in my yard in the last 10 days. Is there something going around?


They probably had something on the Pope. Vatican don't play.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2025 11:30     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Bird flu.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2025 10:13     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

We won’t know as the Trump admin fired the people doing surveillance of Avian Bird flu. Part of their cutting of government “waste”
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2025 10:11     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Anonymous wrote:Probably bird flu.


Unlikely unless they have been exposed to poultry.

Anonymous
Post 05/22/2025 10:07     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

I wonder if one of your neighbors put out something poisonous and it got on seeds or in a small water supply.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2025 08:46     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

Probably bird flu.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 09:14     Subject: dead cardinals in NW DC

I have found two dead cardinals in my yard in the last 10 days. Is there something going around?