Purely out of interest, one of the better birding sites in New York City is
called "The Drip". It is in Riverside Park at about W 120th St
<http://www.nycaudubon.org/manhattan-birding/riverside-park> and is set up
by a hose from a tap that drips into a natural pool. throughout Summer and
Fall. A great site for Warblers and other passerines on days when Central
Park is too full of citizens and tourists.
Martin
Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
On 4 February 2016 at 09:43, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Thanks, Simon. Others have given the same confirmation. I might
> investigate setting up a permanent slow drip in one of the denser bushes so
> it favours the small birds.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 4 Feb 2016, at 9:06 AM, Simon <> wrote:
> >
> > Peter, the risk of disease spread by birds drinking from a dripping tap
> is
> > negligible. The biggest risk is faecal and dander contamination of
> feeding
> > sites, and the risk of bird-to-bird transmission of diseases like
> > psittacosis as birds jostle for position on the feeder.
> >
> > Simon Robinson
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 05:19:10 +1100
> > From: Peter Shute <>
> > To: Penny Brockman <>
> > Cc: Birding-aus <>
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Feeding wild birds
> > Message-ID: <>
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> >
> > Regarding the spread of disease via bird baths, we have birds that come
> and
> > hang upside down drinking from a very slow drip from a garden tap (about
> a
> > drip per minute). Could disease be spread that way?
> >
> > Regarding leaving pet food outside, I suspect that's a major food source
> for
> > mynas in some places, and foxes too.
> >
> > Peter Shute
>
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