Mycoplasma conjunctivitis is a bacterial disease that poses no risk to humans but can prove fatal to birds.
Olivia Schiermeyer is a veterinary research fellow at the Wildlife Center of Virginia. “Goldfinches, house finches and purple finches are the ones that we see most affected,” she says. “It can affect other songbirds, but it’s most common in finches.”
And the disease is easily spread at feeders…