USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
July 2006 to September 2006 |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| AK |
Aleutians West |
09/01/06-09/01/06 |
Short-Tailed Shearwater |
5,000 |
Open: trauma suspect |
NW |
| AK |
Valdez-Cordova |
08/26/06-09/05/06 |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Fox Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Savannah Sparrow |
300 (e) |
Trauma: impact |
NW |
| AZ |
Cochise |
06/20/06-07/15/06 |
House Finch |
20 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| CA |
Deleven NWR |
09/01/06-10/25/06 |
Mallard, American White Pelican, Pied-Billed Grebe, Wigeon, American, Gadwall |
16 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| CA |
Klamath Basin NWR |
07/18/06-10/07/06 |
Pintail Northern, Mallard, American Coot |
12,000 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| CA |
Sacramento NWR |
07/31/06-10/25/06 |
Mallard, Shoveler Northern, American White Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Pintail Northern |
327 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| CA |
San Diego Bay |
07/15/06-08/31/06 |
Sanderling, Western Gull, Western Sandpiper |
10 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| CA |
Salton Sea NWR |
08/14/06-09/01/06 |
Cattle Egret |
100 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| FL |
Boca Raton |
07/12/06-08/01/06 |
Unidentified Duck |
10 (e) |
Open |
KDL |
| FL |
Jacksonville |
09/10/06-ongoing |
Eastern Brown Pelican |
14 (e) |
Toxicosis suspect |
KDL, UFL |
| FL |
North Miami Beach |
09/04/06-ongoing |
Muscovy, Unidentified Egret, NOS Heron, White Ibis, Tri-Colored Heron |
48 |
Botulism suspect |
KDL |
| GA |
Robins AFB |
08/01/06-08/31/06 |
Muscovy, Mallard |
10 |
Botulism suspect |
NW |
| ID |
Boise |
07/07/06-09/01/06 |
Western Gray Squirrel, Fox Squirrel |
1,500 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
ID, NW |
| IN |
Ft. Wayne |
07/20/06-09/15/06 |
Mallard |
32 |
Botulism type C |
NW, PUL |
| IN |
Lake Shafer |
08/08/06-08/08/06 |
Canada Goose, Mallard |
8 |
Toxicosis: diazinon, Toxicosis: organophosphorus compound, Toxicosis: CHE inhibiting compound |
NW, PUL |
| MA |
Cape Cod National Seashore |
07/27/06-08/18/06 |
Common Tern, Laughing Gull |
625 (e) |
Salmonellosis |
NW, TU |
| MD |
Poplar Island |
08/27/06-09/26/06 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Mallard, Greater Yellowlegs, Unidentified Gull, Common Sandpiper |
132 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ME |
Stratton Island |
07/24/06-08/01/06 |
Common Tern, Least Tern |
330 (e) |
Open: emaciation |
NW |
| MI |
Canton |
07/23/06-07/31/06 |
Mallard |
10 (e) |
Botulism type C |
MI |
| MI |
Dutch Village |
07/18/06-07/20/06 |
Mallard |
25 (e) |
Botulism type C |
MI |
| MI |
Gibraltar Bay |
06/26/06-07/28/06 |
Mudpuppy Salamander |
300 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| MI |
Lake Michigan |
09/03/06-09/24/06 |
Horned Grebe, Common Loon, Merganser, Unidentified, Red-Necked Grebe |
2,600 |
Botulism type E |
MI, NW |
| MI |
Three Oaks |
09/08/06-09/29/06 |
American Goldfinch |
13 |
Open |
MI, House Finch |
| MN |
Lac qui Parle WMA |
06/15/06-09/01/06 |
American White Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Ring-Billed Gull, Canada Goose |
3,150 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| MN |
Otter Tail |
08/20/06-08/30/06 |
Mallard, Teal - Blue-Winged, Wood Duck |
225 (e) |
Open: botulism suspect |
NW |
| MN |
Sturgeon Lake |
06/21/06-11/15/06 |
House Finch, American Goldfinch, Purple Finch, Unidentified Pigeon, Unidentified Woodpecker |
125 (e) |
Bacterial infection suspect |
NW |
| MT |
Bowdoin NWR |
08/25/06-09/06/06 |
Mallard, American Coot, Shoveler Northern, Unidentified Grebe |
100 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| MT |
Bozeman |
07/01/06-07/02/06 |
Evening Grosbeak |
3 |
Open: emaciation |
NW |
| MT |
Bowdoin NWR |
07/20/06-09/06/06 |
American White Pelican |
45 |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| MT |
Medicine Lake NWR |
07/25/06-08/25/06 |
American White Pelican |
1,000 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| MT |
Medicine Lake NWR |
08/10/06-09/06/06 |
Great Blue Heron, Shoveler Northern, Ring-Billed Gull, California Gull, American Coot |
1,250 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ND |
Chase Lake NWR |
07/24/06-08/25/06 |
American White Pelican |
953 |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| ND |
Ramsey |
08/07/06-09/10/06 |
Unidentified Shorebird, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Mallard, Gadwall |
400 |
Open |
NW |
| ND |
Grand Forks |
08/14/06-09/15/06 |
Mallard, Laughing Gull, Shoveler Northern, Gadwall |
450 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ND |
Grand Forks |
06/26/06-07/31/06 |
Canada Goose, Unidentified |
86 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| ND |
Harriet Lake |
09/15/06-11/02/06 |
Shoveler Northern, Lesser Yellowlegs |
25 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ND |
Horsehead lake |
07/20/06-08/25/06 |
Franklin's Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Pintail Northern, Mallard, American Avocet |
60 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ND |
Nelson |
08/01/06-09/01/06 |
Shoveler Northern, Mallard, Semipalmated Sandpiper |
80 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| ND |
Swan Lake |
08/15/06-09/15/06 |
American Coot, Unidentified Waterfowl, Canada Goose, Mallard, Western Grebe |
30 (e) |
Open |
NW |
| NM |
Rio Rancho |
06/20/06-07/12/06 |
Mallard |
100 (e) |
Botulism suspect |
NMV |
| NV |
Anaho Island NWR |
07/14/06-08/15/06 |
American White Pelican |
75 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile Virus suspect |
NV, NW |
| NV |
Carson Lake |
08/30/06-09/15/06 |
Shoveler Northern, Gadwall, Pintail Northern |
146 |
Botulism suspect |
NV |
| NV |
Stillwater NWR |
07/14/06-07/20/06 |
American White Pelican |
24 |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| NV |
Stillwater NWR |
07/17/06-09/10/06 |
Mallard, Ruddy, Redhead, Teal - Green-Winged, American Coot |
200 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| NY |
Huntington Wildlife Forest |
06/27/06-07/18/06 |
Wood Frog, Spotted Salamander |
400 (e) |
Viral Infection suspect |
NW |
| NY |
Little Galloo Island |
07/05/06-09/04/06 |
Caspian Tern, Ring-Billed Gull, Double-Crested Cormorant, Herring Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull |
620 (e) |
Botulism type C |
COR, NW, NY, PA |
| NY |
Saratoga |
09/15/06-09/17/06 |
Hudsonian Godwit |
40 |
Trauma: Power line Collision |
NW, NY |
| OH |
Dayton |
07/10/06-07/28/06 |
Mallard, Domestic |
35 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| OR |
Malheur NWR |
08/21/06-08/28/06 |
Teal - Green-Winged, Pintail Northern |
7 |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| OR |
Malheur County |
08/07/06-09/16/06 |
Sage Grouse |
69 |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| PA |
Northampton |
08/01/06-08/31/06 |
Mallard |
40 (e) |
Botulism type C |
PA |
| PA |
Norristown |
08/20/06-08/21/06 |
Duck, American Black, Domestic Duck, Mallard |
33 |
Botulism type C |
NW, PA |
| PR |
Toa Alta |
02/01/05-09/15/06 |
Eastern Brown Pelican |
12 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| SD |
LaCreek NWR |
08/17/06-09/01/06 |
Mallard, Teal - Green-Winged |
200 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| SD |
Sand Lake NWR |
08/27/06-09/15/06 |
Teal - Blue-Winged, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Violet-Green Swallow, Marbled Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs |
150 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| SD |
Waubay WMD |
07/19/06-08/21/06 |
American White Pelican |
1,500 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NW |
| TX |
Houston Zoo |
08/31/06-10/01/06 |
Wood Duck, Nene Goose, Black-Bellied Tree, (Whistling) |
30 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| UT |
Bear River MBR |
08/01/06-10/01/06 |
Teal - Green-Winged, Shoveler Northern, Pintail Northern, Wigeon, American, Mallard |
2,500 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| UT |
Farmington Bay |
07/01/06-10/01/06 |
Black-Necked Stilt, Wilson's Phalarope, American Coot, Wigeon, American, Pintail Northern |
15,000 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW, UT, NVL |
| UT |
Ouray NWR |
09/01/06-10/01/06 |
Teal - Green-Winged, Mallard, Pintail Northern, American Coot, Shoveler Northern |
250 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| UT |
Great Salt Lake |
09/15/06-10/15/06 |
Shoveler Northern, Teal - Green-Winged, American Avocet, Semipalmated Plover, Gadwall |
5,000 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| VA |
Sandy Island |
08/05/06-09/15/06 |
Laughing Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Sanderling |
10 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| WA |
Moses Lake |
05/11/06-05/11/06 |
Canada Goose |
39 |
Toxicosis: organophosphorus compound suspect |
NW |
| WA |
Centralia |
08/25/06-09/15/06 |
Barn Swallow |
15 (e) |
Open: emaciation |
NW |
| WA |
Mount Rainier NP |
07/27/06-08/17/06 |
Northwest Salamander |
85 |
Open |
NW |
| WI |
Cat Island, Green Bay |
07/15/06-07/30/06 |
American White Pelican |
48 (e) |
Viral Infection: West Nile |
NVL, NW |
| WI |
Cat Island, Green Bay |
07/15/06-09/14/06 |
Unidentified Gull, Double-Crested Cormorant, Caspian Tern, Unidentified Egret |
1 |
Salmonellosis |
NVL, NW |
| WI |
Madison |
09/05/06-09/05/06 |
Tennessee Warbler, Red-Eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, Black-And-White Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler |
20 |
Trauma: tower strike |
WI |
| WI |
Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary |
08/09/06-08/31/06 |
Mallard |
100 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
| WI |
Horicon NWR |
08/02/06-08/11/06 |
American White Pelican |
6 |
Viral Infection: West Nile Virus suspect |
NW |
| WI |
Lake Onalaska |
09/01/06-ongoing |
American Coot, Teal - Blue-Winged, Scaup, Unidentified, Shoveler Northern, Mallard |
4,000 (e) |
Parasitism suspect |
NW |
| WI |
Pilot Island, Green Bay |
07/30/06-09/14/06 |
Double-Crested Cormorant, Unidentified Gull |
39 (e) |
Newcastle Disease Virus |
NVL, NW |
| WY |
Campbell County |
08/01/06-08/08/06 |
Desert Cottontail Rabbit |
18 |
Open |
NW |
| WY |
Coyer Reservoir Quad |
07/15/06-10/01/06 |
Black-Billed Magpie, Desert Cottontail Rabbit |
50 |
Open |
NW |
| Updates and Corrections: |
Reported
State |
Location |
Dates |
Species |
Mortality |
Diagnosis |
Reported
By |
| CA |
Kern NWR |
06/03/06-09/15/06 |
American Coot, Unidentified Waterfowl, Mallard, Gadwall, White Ibis |
3,000 (e) |
Botulism type C |
NW |
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(e) = estimate; * = morbidity, not mortality
Cornell University (COR), Idaho Wildlife Health Laboratory (ID), Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratory (KDL), Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (MI), National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVL), National Wildlife Health Laboratory (NW), Nevada Division of Wildlife (NV), New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (NY), Pennsylvania Game and Parks Commission (PA), Purdue University Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (PUL), Tufts University (TU), University of Florida (UFL), USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NW), Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UT), Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources (WI).
Written and compiled by: Kathryn Converse - Western US, Grace McLaughlin - Eastern US, NWHC. The Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report is available at http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov. To report mortality or receive information about this report, contact the above NWHC staff, or for Hawaiian Islands contact Thierry Work. Phone: (608) 270-2400, FAX: (608) 270-2415 or e-mail: kathy_converse@usgs.gov. USGS National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI, 53711.
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