Respiratory Illness — Worldwide/Unknown
House finches, those numerous red-streaked and brown-streaked birds all over Arkansas, have been hit by an outbreak of a disease that may be spawned at bird feeders.
Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the disease is house finch mycoplasmal conjunctivitis. It has been reported recently in several parts of Arkansas — Russellville, Clarksville, Fayetteville, and Little Rock.
Although infected birds have swollen eyes, the
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