ID disease? (1 Viewer)

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merrigil

Well-known member

• Nov 14, 2017

• #1

This chaffinch and her mate regularly visits my feeders, but the poor things have tree trunk legs. Does anyone know what this could be and if it is contagious to all my other visitors?

 

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Nov 14, 2017

• #2

Papillomavirus

http://btoringing.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/papilloma-in-chaffinches-not-for-faint.html

 

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merrigil

Well-known member

• Nov 14, 2017

• #3

Nutcracker said:

Papillomavirus

http://btoringing.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/papilloma-in-chaffinches-not-for-faint.html

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Oh my goodness that’s terrible. Thank you Nutcracker

 

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Cinereous

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2017

• #4

Nutcracker said:

Papillomavirus

http://btoringing.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/papilloma-in-chaffinches-not-for-faint.html

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Commonly seen in Chaffinches..

 

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davewalters

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2017

• #5

Our resident Chaffinches have it in abundance but we are now getting good numbers of migrants which hopefully will not contract it. Only seen it in one other species on our feeders, Bullfinch, male on one foot.

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Nov 15, 2017

• #6

You should be sure to clean your feeder perches regularly - it's contagious (for birds, not for us) and can spread amongst your feeder population.