<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp658940f3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As to the question whether Avian Influenza has been found in Anna's Hummingbirds. I checked the WDFW website, where they have a table listing the species in which APAI has been detected -- no hummingbirds are listed at this time. But it is possible that no one has necropsied a hummingbird to check.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Here is the WDFW link: <a href="https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/diseases/bird-flu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/diseases/bird-flu</a></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Peggy Mundy</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Bothell, WA</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp658940f3signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f4f7.png" width="16" style="padding:0px 2px;vertical-align:middle;" class="ydp658940f3yahoo-emoji-wrapper" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">peggy_busby@yahoo.com</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">@scenebypeggy on Instagram</div></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 02:52:51 p.m. PST, Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_default">Chuck, I strongly suspect it is not weather related. Last year, I lost around 15 hummingbirds as the male Anna's protected the feeders. I found several dead hummers bodies around the feeders, including a few males. It was during a cold spell, but we also had heaters on the feeder. I did a little reading and learned that Anna's will begin breeding in December. They will fight to exhaustion and I've heard, even death, to protect their nectar source. I would consider this as one possibility for it's death. </div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_default">You may want to try putting out a few more feeders in areas around the house where one male cannot fend off all the feeders. </div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251yqt08848" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251yqt7393985979"><div class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_quote ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM creinsch via Tweeters <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp743bb63ayiv4508530251gmail_quote">Found a dead male Annas this morning which left me with questions. <br clear="none">
Sitting on top of a rabbit feeding station, it looked healthy, but was <br clear="none">
soaked by the rain and had died sometime in the previous 12 hours. <br clear="none">
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Have there been verified reports of hummingbirds catching Avian <br clear="none">
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Have people suspended feeding hummingbirds (and other wild birds for <br clear="none">
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Have there been other reports in Tweeters possibly related to AI that I <br clear="none">
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