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28-01-2012, 11:16 PM
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| | | Growth on dunnock
While doing the birdwatch today I was taking shots of the birds in the garden I didn't notice anything wrong until I uploaded the pics and saw this on the dunnock's face near the nose area on the beak.
Is it a growth the bird seems to feed OK..
Sorry the shots are not very clear the bird kept moving..   
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29-01-2012, 06:42 AM
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| | | Re: Growth on dunnock
Might be avian pox? I read a post somewhere that the RSPB were interested in this, but it was an old post.
If it is, it's highly contagious. Of course you have to do all the routine cleaning as you would anyway (but doubt you can ask the neighbours to do the same - always the problem  ).
Having said this, I found a very diseased pigeon in the garden a good few months ago which I decided was pox, but never saw another bird of any species with it. Quote: |
In many species (e.g. wood pigeons and dunnocks) the growths can be relatively mild and may regress with time. In some cases (in all species but especially great tits) the growths can become very large and may impede the ability of birds to see, feed or move around. In these cases the birds become more susceptible to predation and other infections.
| Keep an eye open Elaine. Hope you don't see another one.
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29-01-2012, 12:52 PM
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| | | Re: Growth on dunnock
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Originally Posted by Deb London  Might be avian pox? I read a post somewhere that the RSPB were interested in this, but it was an old post.
If it is, it's highly contagious. Of course you have to do all the routine cleaning as you would anyway (but doubt you can ask the neighbours to do the same - always the problem ).
Having said this, I found a very diseased pigeon in the garden a good few months ago which I decided was pox, but never saw another bird of any species with it.
Keep an eye open Elaine. Hope you don't see another one. | Cheers Deb,
I will keep an eye on it I took a few shots of a dunnock today and there is no sign of the growth so it must be a different bird..
He don't use the hanging feeders only the mesh one and the floor where the feed gets dropped I do a cleaning session today the feeders are really easy to clean the bottom just pulls off they get cleaned every time they are empty.
If you look on my flicker page you will see a dunnock with calcified feet this looks like the same pox virus.
Last edited by Kayleigh; 29-01-2012 at 12:55 PM.
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