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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 854743" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>That's a juvenile Chaffinch and looks like it may be suffering from Trichomonosis, it's a parasite which lives in the digestive tract and eventually prevents them from feeding, so they starve to death. You can normally tell by looking around the beak, as there will be a waxy deposit, their plumage will be dull and they'll be lethargic. We've had cases down here with Wood Pigeons and a few years back it wiped out the Greenfinch population, to the degree that we rarely see one now.</p><p></p><p>If you see more cases, best is to stop feeding and empty trays and bird baths, as this is where it spreads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 854743, member: 175057"] That's a juvenile Chaffinch and looks like it may be suffering from Trichomonosis, it's a parasite which lives in the digestive tract and eventually prevents them from feeding, so they starve to death. You can normally tell by looking around the beak, as there will be a waxy deposit, their plumage will be dull and they'll be lethargic. We've had cases down here with Wood Pigeons and a few years back it wiped out the Greenfinch population, to the degree that we rarely see one now. If you see more cases, best is to stop feeding and empty trays and bird baths, as this is where it spreads. [/QUOTE]
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