Ancestors

Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-01-28 at 19:55

Had to stop feeding the birds this winter. So many dead birds on the ground - something I've never seen before. Just dying right at the feeders.

The chickadees still yell at me along the hedges when I shovel. Like "DUDE, WHY?"

Sorry guys, you're on your own this cold, cruel winter in this cold, cruel world. Humans fucked you up so bad.

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-01-28 at 20:03

BTW it's -40C here and we now have about 3' of snow on the ground, so it's not like this is a luxury activity.

They don't have food.💀

The chickadees, woodpeckers, etc., will probably make it, but the other species are going to die.

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-01-28 at 20:06

@subjacentish That’s aweful. I bought some suet and some seed bells instead of making daily trips to put out sunflower seeds. So far, I’ve yet to any dead birds here in Montreal.

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Toot

Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-01-28 at 20:13

@dancingdogs Yeah I was thinking suet or purely hanging feeders might work better. Those make it harder to congregate at.

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Descendants

Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-01-28 at 20:36

@subjacentish Also, trying to minimize contact. I need to convince my spouse to wear mask and gloves when cleaning up. Maybe those headlines will make a dent.

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Written by Kathmandu on 2025-01-28 at 22:20

@subjacentish @dancingdogs

I've wondered how much 'not feeding them' will actually help.

They'll gather at whatever food sources they can find - I suspect removing one feeder just means they gather at other spots we don't see...maybe more clustered at the few food sources left.

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-01-28 at 22:38

@Kathmandu @subjacentish Yes, birds are gonna bird, but It’s also about minimizing my contact. I don’t clean the feeder much in the winter..so theres that. Last year, read about a man landing up 8n the hospital after cleaning seed debris/fecal matter from the ground. He had a rough time.

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-01-29 at 19:09

@dancingdogs @Kathmandu Yeh tbh I worry about the cleanup in the summer now. The mice come to the feeders, too, and then the neighbors cats hunt the birds and the mice and bring it back into the house. I have a dog that then noses around the feeders because of the cat's presence.

It's a bad chain.

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-02-01 at 16:35

@subjacentish @Kathmandu Hi ..perhaps a good mask for you when you clean up.

I’ve had a mouse visiting me this winter, hopefully it’s moved on. In the summer the. It’s have an easier time of it..

Like you say, lots of moving parts

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-02-01 at 19:33

@dancingdogs @Kathmandu I lived in a mouse-infested farmhouse in MB for a year. Like, mice under the fridge, mice running btw my feet, mice EVERYWHERE.

When I cleaned it up before moving out, I contracted some strain of Salmonella (Typhoid was suggested). Attacked my liver and spleen as well as digestive tract. This re-activated EBV. I almost died.

So, yeah, wear a mask w/ mouse droppings, friends!

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-02-01 at 19:40

@subjacentish @Kathmandu Oh my, sorry to hear this. Thats a lot to deal@with. Glad you pulled through.

Are you referring to Epstein’s Barr?

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-02-01 at 19:53

@dancingdogs @Kathmandu Yes EBV is Epstein-Barr Virus.

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-02-01 at 19:56

@subjacentish @Kathmandu The only reason I know about it is because Joseph Heller the writer contracted it in middle age. He wrote a book about it. “ NO Laughing Matter”. He had also let his health insurance lapse…

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-02-01 at 19:58

@dancingdogs @Kathmandu I think you might be getting it confused with Guillain–Barré.

Epstein-Barr is "Mono". You have it. You contracted it when you were a teenager, even if you didn't notice at the time. Something like >90% of adults have it.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8752571/

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-02-01 at 20:01

@subjacentish @Kathmandu Ah, yes…Thanks

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Written by Subjacent Banana on 2025-02-01 at 20:02

@dancingdogs no problem. Too many Barrs out there.😆

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Written by Lorraine C. 🇨🇦 on 2025-02-01 at 20:03

@subjacentish 😆

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