Mystery Bird illness spreading in the Florida Keys

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases

Mystery Bird illness spreading in the Florida Keys*

Associated Press
1:58 PM EDT, June 29, 2008

KEY WEST - Wildlife officials are trying to figure out what's causing
hundreds of doves to die in the Florida Keys.

Officials say the doves are literally falling out of trees, seeming
lethargic, wobbly and unable to fly straight. They typically die a
half-hour to 24 hours later.

The director of the Marathon Wild Bird Center and the Key West Wildlife
Center says she's seen a dozen dead doves in Marathon, and one to two
dozen in Key West.

The director of the Upper Keys Wild Bird Center says hundreds doves have
been found in the Upper Keys as well.

A necropsy on one of the carcasses is planned. Results are expected
within days.