Denver backyard finches have been dying since June

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Flavia Hoefler

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Dec 18, 2020, 10:44:16 AM12/18/20
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Have other people in the front range observed finch die offs this year?   Symptoms do not match mycoplasmal conjunctivitis and most closely match symptoms of trichomoniasis, which I have read affects other varieties of wild finches (goldfinches; purple finches).  I have several times removed all food for 2-3 week periods and sterilized feeders, but the same symptoms have returned as soon as the finches figure out food is back.   Might there be a culprit carrier in the Eurasian collared doves that are in their second year in my area?

Thanks for any help you provide,
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