Date: 2/19/25 11:55 am From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] hummingbirds and Avian influenza
And I’ll add to that “what do you feed them?” I assume you’re talking about the Eastern Cottontails that are all over western Washington at this time. I had never heard of feeding wild rabbits, which are basically leaf-eaters. We have them in our yard in Seattle every once in a while, and as we have no garden for them to damage, I have often wondered if we could keep them around by feeding them something, as we do the birds and squirrels.
Dennis Paulson
Seattle
> On Feb 19, 2025, at 11:30 AM, Karen Deyerle via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> you feed ... rabbits?!
>
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 10:48:09 AM PST, creinsch via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>
> Found a dead male Annas this morning which left me with questions.
> Sitting on top of a rabbit feeding station, it looked healthy, but was
> soaked by the rain and had died sometime in the previous 12 hours.
> Note: It was not particularly cold last night, so I do not believe
> weather was a factor.
>
> Questions:
>
> Have there been verified reports of hummingbirds catching Avian
> influenza ("AI")?
>
> Have people suspended feeding hummingbirds (and other wild birds for
> that matter)?
>
> Have there been other reports in Tweeters possibly related to AI that I
> have missed?
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Chuck Reinsch
> Seattle, Magnolia
>
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