Hello all. Just wanted to mention we are seeing quite an outbreak of house finch conjunctivitis here at our home in Morrow County. We took one bird to OWC last week only to come how to 3 or 4 more sick house finches, plus 1 or 2 sick goldfinches. We recently had a red-bellied woodpecker with a very similar looking eye problem (though this disease was not confirmed since I never caught the bird) so the feeders are sterilized and down until a later time after the birds are dispersed. We do maintain a clean feeding area, but obviously the disease still spread with the congregating birds. Jennifer Kleinrichert Morrow County, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]