Yet birds are but one of the necessary intermediate hosts for tick nymphs that grow up to spread Lyme.
I have deer everywhere here and haven’t seen a tick all year.
Why?
The birds who usually frequent my backyard are not there because I stopped feeding them out there.
Figured out several years ago, the bird/tick connection.
Used to have to spray the yard after every rain to keep the dogs safe.
Never spray it now.
I’ve witnessed a deer and a turkey moving together down one tree line and then another and then returning. They Covered a distance of about three hundred yards. The doe and the turkey were never more than ten feet apart. It looked like they were pals. Perhaps they were taking advantage of the deer’s superior sense of smell and the turkey’s superior eyesight. This was on the edge of Northport, Alabama near the Black Warrior River.
Can you explain the bird/tick connection? I’m not following what you mean.
Birds?
I know they carry a lot of parasites, but I’ve read that the main hosts for the Lyme/babesia/anaplasmosis/erlichiosis carrying tick of the Northeast are mice, deer, and other rodents.
Not arguing, just fact gathering.
Incidentally, I’m recovering (I hope) from a dual babesia/Lyme infection. Never knew I was bitten, no rash. So I assumed it was a summer virus for several weeks before getting checked out. Dumb.