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Pigeons can get bird flu
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 02/12/2025 - 8:23pm
https://www.fao.org/animal-health/situation-update...
These guys look healthy, but who knows?
To misquote "Hugo the Abominable Snowman" from Looney Toons...
By Don't Panic
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 11:49pm
I would not hold them and squeeze them and call them George.
Anons can post articles now?
By perruptor
Wed, 02/12/2025 - 11:56pm
??
Perhaps some wise ass has registered under the name 'anon'.
By necturus
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 9:17am
I remember an old story about an IT manager in the days before the PC, when computers were big noisy things. The manager could see all the users' passwords except for one; this user had figured out how to disguise his, so all the manager could see was a string of asterisks... except he hadn't disguised it at all; he had simply chosen a string of asterisks for his password.
But the name would be clickable
By HenryAlan 2.0
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 1:08pm
which it isn't, so I think this is legit a post from a non-registered user.Â
There is a user called Anon
By Don't Panic
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 11:43pm
There is a user called Anon who has an account. Haven't seen them around lately though.
Anonymous
By adamg
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 11:46pm
I had to change the default name for anonymous users to "anon" because he registered Anonymous as a user name (OK, I could have deleted his account, but come on, he found a flaw in the system and took advantage of it, how could I delete something like that?).
Nice looking rest rooms,
By anon
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 8:46am
Nice looking rest rooms, where is that?
Have you seen any dead ones?
By necturus
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 9:11am
If our local pigeons had bird flu, I'd expect there'd be a lot of them dying of it. I haven't seen any dead ones; have you?
I took the same pic...
By CDMarc
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 10:40am
Last month when I was there. Seems like they've made these their (very shallow) bird baths.
Good question. Unlikely, based
By Frelmont
Thu, 02/13/2025 - 2:30pm
Good question. Unlikely, based on a cursory search of the world-wide-web. They are more resistant to the virus than other Aves, but if you see them twisting their necks in an unnatural way, or see greenish poop take note.Â
https://extension.umn.edu/poultry-health/avian-inf...
Pigeons at BBY
By MassMouse
Fri, 02/14/2025 - 10:39am
I saw a rather sick pigeon new track seven late yesterday afternoon and it really did break my heart. I gave the poor guy a french fry, but it didn’t Look like he was long for this world.
And yes, I know not to feed the birds. However, I wanted to give the little guy a treat before he left this earth.
Please report sick/dead birds
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 02/15/2025 - 11:43am
MassWildlife has a web form. The state is tracking these in response to rising cases of avian influenza.
For pigeons, you should submit a 311 report to get quick cleanup.
Pigeons will survive the Apocalypse
By anon
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 2:29pm
They're all around future Philly in Twelve Monkeys, so it must be true. They survived the Plague, but the dinosaurs didn't, even the few remaining ones then living in Utah.
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