Mystery illness is killing bald eagles in Utah as scientists

[kingsnake]

Not meaning to crap on the Christmas tree, but thought this was interesting ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... break.html

[RowdyandMe]

I really hope they solve this illness before anymore die

[kingsnake]

Some of the comments point out symptoms are similar to nerve agent and, well, Tooele Army Depot *is* in northern Utah ...

[kingsnake]

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworl ... esxml.html

[chumley]

It appears that the cause has been established as West Nile Virus.

The eagles were apparently infected by eating sick or dead eared grebes that migrate to the Great Salt Lake area.

The bad news? Eared grebes migrate from Utah to Arizona and Mexico beginning next week. Let's hope they have no effect on Arizona's baldy populations.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/ ... N420140101

[big_load]

I wonder if the avian death rate will wane after a bit. There were a lot of bird deaths in NJ and NY when West Nile first showed up here in 1999, but not many since then, even though the virus has grown increasingly more widespread.

[FOTG]

@chumley
what about male pattern "baldness" any links to W. Nile there..I seem to have caught a case..

[chumley]

@friendofThundergod
I'm not a doctor and the Camelback Inn is not Holiday Inn, so I can't even pretend to be one. But I'd guess that 1-800 and anybody else out there with those symptoms would choose mpb over west nile anyway. At least you can live without hair! ;)

[FOTG]

@chumley
I think you can live with W. Nile to..lol..unless you really old or really young...now malaria that will get you!