Bald Eagles are Dying in Utah. :(

Beowulf said:
I am glad they found the cause. I wonder where the grebes ate the mosquitoes, if that is indeed how they caught the West Nile virus.
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They said it was probably a food chain cause. I don't know at what stage the mosquitoes are involved. Good question.
 
Beowulf said:
I am glad they found the cause. I wonder where the grebes ate the mosquitoes, if that is indeed how they caught the West Nile virus.
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From ChicagoBlue2's link above;

"It's possible that those grebes got bit by mosquitoes after they got here when they arrived in the fall, and it just took a while for them to die."
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Eagles ate those dead ducks infected with virus.
 
CrazyPaul said:
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From ChicagoBlue2's link above;



Eagles ate those dead ducks infected with virus.
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Thanks for the correction. I didn't read the article and always thought grebes and the duck family do not get bitten by skeeters. I live and learn, I declare! :lol:
 
There is no way to stop the eagles from eating grebes so it looks like there will be a lot more eagles dying. :( Grebes eat fish too and some fish eat insects so I wonder if the grebes got sick from eating fish.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
There is no way to stop the eagles from eating grebes so it looks like there will be a lot more eagles dying. :( Grebes eat fish too and some fish eat insects so I wonder if the grebes got sick from eating fish.
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Mosquitoes don't survive during winter so there will be less dead ducks/eagles. That's what the article said.
 
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