What we are seeing is consistent with a population explosion, as others
have suggested, and the birds roaming more widely then usual to search for
food. This morning I can see a flock of STS in Corio Bay, near the Geelong
Shell Refinery, about 15-20 birds. I haven't recorded them this far up
Corio Bay in the 20 years I've lived around here. I haven't had a chance to
check the shoreline. All the birds I saw were flying.
Russell Woodford
Geelong
On 11 November 2013 00:00, Jim Tate <> wrote:
> I may be catching up on something already covered, but... Has anyone
> looked at avian influenza?
>
> *Sterna hirundo* from South Africa dying from influenza in 1961 first
> started us looking at avian influenzas. H16 (of HA/NA influenza) was
> first found in Black-headed Gulls from Sweden and Norway. Webster and
> Laver began their search for avian influenza after a wreck of Wedge-tailed
> Shearwaters.
>
> These flu viruses are related to human influenza, but not so deadly until
> they resort into something like H5N1. Just curious. -TATE
>
> James Tate, Jr., Ph.D.
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> “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely
> challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn
> between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This
> makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E.B. White
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