I have been finding dead birds that seem apparently undamaged and I'd like to figure out what's causing it to prevent it if possible. Like 3 dead birds in 2 months, when I've only found a few more in my whole life! Among then were a dead junco, a ground feeding bird... and today a dead kinglet, a tree foraging bug eater. Both were found far from feeders or bird baths or windows.
I don't know if they are finding glass that they think is grit, if they have some disease, if it is coincidence and I am just finding birds that naturally reached the end of their life, or what it could be. If it were salmonella from the egg shells we put into the peanut butter suet, or the bird baths or feeders which are usually kept clean, there would be far more dead birds one would think. It is a grim mystery: help!
I don't know if they are finding glass that they think is grit, if they have some disease, if it is coincidence and I am just finding birds that naturally reached the end of their life, or what it could be. If it were salmonella from the egg shells we put into the peanut butter suet, or the bird baths or feeders which are usually kept clean, there would be far more dead birds one would think. It is a grim mystery: help!