||| FROM VANCOUVER SUN |||
A salmonella outbreak in the B.C. avian population has prompted the B.C. SPCA to ask the public to temporarily remove backyard bird feeders.
The pine siskin, a small brown and streaked bird in the finch family, has been hit hard by illness caused by the bacteria.
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