Should we say, "Pandemic," or just plain "Panic?" asks an article published on The Purple Martin Store's website (http://www.purplemartinstore.com). The article, which first appeared in the Nature Society News (Griggsville, IL, March 2006 edition) was reprinted with permission, because so many fear-based reports are being circulated by so many uninformed reporters. The Article concludes with links to several authoritative sources, such as Cornell's Lab of ornithology, and "Bird-life International."
Ozawkie, KS (PRWEB) March 7, 2006 -- “Should we say pandemic or just plain panic?” is the title of latest article published on The Purple Martin Store’s website (http://www.purplemartinstore.com) . The article just appeared in the March, 2006 edition of “Nature Society News,” published in Griggsville, Illinois.
Because it addresses many of the misunderstood aspects of the “Bird flu,” the Kansas Company requested and received permission to re-publish the article for its customers.
In the article, Nature Society News issues a plea for common sense to prevail in assessing any threat from the avian virus. It points out that taking ordinary precautions such as wearing latex gloves when working with bird feeders and birdhouses was a first-line defense against infection long before the current scare.
It also makes two points very critical in a common-sense evaluation: the first compares our living conditions with those that exist where the flu now exists. The second reminds us how much more songbirds rely on us for support, as we continually challenge their survival in our expanding society.
In its conclusion, the article lists links to commercial, education, and government sources where you can find up-to-date information and the latest reports and forecasts based on scientific findings.
The Purple Martin Store website (http://www.purplemartinstore.com) handles aluminum birdhouses and accessories for the “landlords,” or supporters, of this popular bird.
Larger members of the swallow family, purple martins winter in South American Countries but return to the US and Canada as early as January, when they begin to appear in Florida and some of the Gulf States.
The martin's appeal lies in its appetite for mosquitoes and other insects. Each bird can eat up to 2,000 of the flying pests every day, and they usually return to the same nesting places they left when they went South for the winter.
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