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October 01, 2007
West Nile In Hamilton County, Downtown Chattanooga
I was walking down to the University Center this morning and saw a sick little robin. I felt mighty bad for the little guy, he was all fluffed up and wouldn't move an inch even when I walked right up to him (that's all I did though, I'm smart enough not to touch a sick bird). He just moved his head a little bit and looked depressed and helpless. So I called around campus trying to find someone to help the poor thing and eventually got the suggestion to call the Health Department. So I went to their website and saw they had a warning about robins, blue jays, and crows specifically, as West Nile Virus has been confirmed in Hamilton County. The nice woman I got on the phone said they've confirmed birds in the downtown area of Chattanooga with the virus as well. I don't know if this little robin on campus has got it, and Health Department said they don't test except on dead birds, so I called campus facilities to see if they could send him on his way as per the suggestion of the lady on the West Nile hotline.
Whatever this one bird has got, wear your mosquito repellent and buy some of those discs for your birdbaths, because West Nile is in da house. I feel bad enough about this cute little bird without worrying about people too!
And here's my little friend.
| By Spike | 11:27 AM
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sorry about the little guy. The Nature Center out at Reflection Riding has a rehab clinic for birds, but it's mostly for birds of prey I think. You'd still have to get it into a shoebox or something similar.
Posted by: fletch at October 2, 2007 04:29 PM