Birds that eat at feeders more likely to get sick, spread disease

(Virginia Tech) The authors monitored the social and foraging behaviors of wild flocks of house finches, a common backyard songbird, and the spread of a naturally-occurring bird disease called Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis, which is similar to 'pink eye' in humans but cannot be contracted by humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news