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Linda Donovan

Gig Harbor, WA, USA

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This House Finch dominated the window feeder, but always looking at me through his right eye, only. I reported his right foot, with its swollen toes, and then on this video caught a glimpse of his left eye, and noticed the swollen ring around it. This was on 12/8/23.The House Finch continued to show up to the window feeder, and by 12/11/23 his left eye was swollen shut in every frame I caught. My heart broken, I emptied and cleaned all the feeders, including the hummingbird feeder where he would sometimes alight, and will wait a few weeks until the birds disperse. As of 12/12/23, my Merlin app still registered many bird calls in my yard, including the House Finches, although the feeders were gone and I had washed and turned over the birdbath.

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Avian Pox Or Conjunctivitus Of House Finch

Avian Pox or Conjunctivitis? This House Finch's right foot, with its swollen toes, on 12/8/23. Note that his left eye looks odd with a swollen ring around it, very different than his right eye.

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