I keep trying at this spot because I am sure there is a good photo
One of my gold-digging friends
Trash in context
Looking for colour
Spiders have been busy. Their webs are everywhere
The tug MV Glenada
A sea of daisies
This daisy was bashful.
MV Alicia at Keefer
Hearing a lot about the bird flu epidemic which is purportedly descending upon us requiring the culling of some birds and mammals. The following from Wikipedia…
Avian influenza, also known as avian flu or bird flu, is a disease caused by the influenza A virus (IAV) which primarily affects birds but can sometimes affect mammals including humans.[1] Wild aquatic birds are the primary host of Influenza A virus (IAV), which is endemic in many bird populations.[2][3]
Humans and other mammals can only become infected with avian influenza after prolonged close contact with infected birds.[7] In mammals including humans, infection with avian influenza (whether LPAI or HPAI) is rare. Symptoms of infection vary from mild to severe, including fever, diarrhoea, and cough.[8]
Influenza A virus is shed in the saliva, mucous, and feces of infected birds; other infected animals may shed bird flu viruses in respiratory secretions and other body fluids (e.g., cow milk).[9] The virus can spread rapidly through poultry flocks and among wild birds.[9] A particularly virulent strain, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) has the potential to decimate domesticated poultry stocks and an estimated half a billion farmed birds have been slaughtered in efforts to contain the virus.[10]
Hmmm….wild aquatic birds are primary hosts….virus is shed in the saliva, mucous a feces of infected birds……
Feces? No shortage of the stuff in Goose Shit Park (aka Marina Park). The grass is full of the stuff. All of the grass.
Has anyone checked these birds for the virus? Humans are around them every day. Humans are around their feces every day. Does anyone care? These birds have migrated from other areas of the continent.
Hard to take this ‘bird flu’ scare seriously if it is not being taken seriously by local government.
previous related posts here
A shopping cart has shown up. A Safeway cart. It is full of trash.
Smokers are the worst litterers in the city. They do not believe that butts are litter.
As if smokers care about cancer. You would think that such a warning would be taken seriously. If it was a food item, people would think twice about eating it.
Another feral shopping cart with trash. A Walmart cart.