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Posts Tagged "Deer Tick"

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Posted on May 7, 2017

Black-throated Blue Warbler

I finally took a good photo of a male Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) earlier this week! However, it was not without tremendous persistence and many failed attempts, as is the beauty of digital photography. What you cannot see is that I edited out the black-legged or deer tick attached to this poor guy’s face. The tick was engorged just in front of his eye, a precarious place to scratch. Please keep ticks in mind as you go outdoors this season as many people still neglect to take any precautions or check themselves after being outdoors. Some doctors are still...

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Lyme Disease Sign

Posted on Feb 4, 2016

Lyme Disease Sign

Here is a terrific educational notice that I enjoyed seeing on the wall during a recent veterinarian visit with my dog. Using artwork created by children to help teach the public educates both the visitors and the children who are creating it. We use the same outreach techniques in the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds with signs drawn by hundreds of school children which we then laminate and post on beaches and offshore islands to let beachgoers and boaters know there are endangered birds nesting in the area. We certainly see less damage to them than other more generic, bland and...

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Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)

Posted on Nov 9, 2015

Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)

While the warmer weather this past week has been a treat, it has also been a good reminder that with increased temperatures comes increased insect and arachnid activity. My husband had a little encounter with a Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), a common tick to the area, while spending some time outside. While dog ticks do not transfer Lyme’s disease, other ticks such as Deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) certainly can if not removed in a timely manner. If you are out hiking this week just remember to check yourself and your pets for these creepy crawlies! Elyse Henshaw...

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Deer Everywhere

Posted on Aug 19, 2015

Deer Everywhere

One of the more concerning sightings to me as of late are all the White-tailed Deer tracks and signs that I keep finding. They should not be everywhere, in every habitat type, feeding on all sorts of plantings or ornamental greenery in the summer. The population is simply too high in too many areas across the Northeast. It is dangerous for us – via car accidents all the way to ticks – and for them, with increased contact with humans, disease and starvation. If they cannot find the proper food now then what will happen during the winter? This is not even going into how much damage...

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Lyme Disease

Posted on Jul 21, 2015

Lyme Disease

I have Lyme disease. Thankfully most people have now heard of Lyme disease, but for those who have not, Lyme borreliosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the Borrelia type and transmitted to humans (or pets!) by a black-legged/deer tick bite and subsequent feeding by the parasite. It typically takes 24 or maybe 36-48 hours of feeding for the disease to be transmitted if the tick is a carrier, though this is not a guarantee either direction. Lyme disease can cause flu-like symptoms nearly immediately, and if untreated they can be followed by severe headaches, joint and muscle...

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