West Nile Devastates Wild Birds in Midwest

Photo/Erwin Gebhard Jean Lord visits the red-tailed hawk she nursed back to health after a bout with the West Nile virus. Lord is executive director of Pine View Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in the Town of Fredonia. The hawk was lucky because Lord was able to help it. But, wildlife professionals f...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Cole, Jeff
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 29.10.2002
Subjects
Animal populations
Birds
Gibson, Marjorie
Glaser, Linda
Mosquitoes
Reed, Michael
Rehabilitation
Surveillance
West Nile virus
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Summary:Photo/Erwin Gebhard Jean Lord visits the red-tailed hawk she nursed back to health after a bout with the West Nile virus. Lord is executive director of Pine View Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in the Town of Fredonia. The hawk was lucky because Lord was able to help it. But, wildlife professionals fear that other birds will not be as fortunate. There is a growing concern that West Nile is devastating wild bird populations in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest. The Raptor Education Group in Antigo was raising 39 common terns, which despite their name are very rare in Wisconsin, said Marjorie Gibson, the group's director. Thirty-six of the chicks died this summer. Initial testing has found that at least some of the chicks died as a result of West Nile. Test results for the other birds are still pending.