{"id":16020,"date":"2021-07-09T09:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2021-07-09T09:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:27:19","slug":"monitoring-the-mysterious-bird-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/monitoring-the-mysterious-bird-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring the Mysterious Bird Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/KForesto-0174-750.jpg\" alt=\"Two American Goldfinches at a bird feeder\" class=\"wp-image-16021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/KForesto-0174-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/KForesto-0174-750-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/KForesto-0174-750-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>American Goldfinches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have received quite a few questions about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/02\/1012541984\/a-mystery-illness-is-killing-mid-atlantic-songbirds\">mysterious disease impacting birds in some states to our south<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re in touch with local wildlife officials and health experts. To our knowledge, the disease has not yet been observed in Massachusetts but we will continue to monitor the situation and advise accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have received quite a few questions about the mysterious disease impacting birds in some states to our south. We\u2019re in touch with local wildlife officials and health experts. To our knowledge, the disease has not yet been observed in Massachusetts but we will continue to monitor the situation and advise accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds-birding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/07\/KForesto-0174-750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-4ao","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16253,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/safe-to-start-feeding-birds-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":16020,"position":0},"title":"Safe to Start Feeding Birds Again!\u00a0","author":"William Freedberg","date":"August 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Wonderful news! Based on declining reports of the mysterious avian disease in states to our south and the absence of confirmed cases in Massachusetts, we are following the lead of our neighbors and recommending it is safe to resume feeding birds. \u00a9 Paul F. 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