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Disease that blinded, killed Pa. songbirds vanishes as mysteriously as it arrived

You can feed birds again. An undiagnosed disease that first struck birds in the spring has apparently run its course, though experts are unsure if it will reappear.

Photo of a juvenile (fledgling) starling that was found in Philadelphia and examined at the Pennsylvania Diagnostic Laboratory System New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Chester County. Birds are dying of a mysterious illness that's left scientists and wildlife experts stumped.
Photo of a juvenile (fledgling) starling that was found in Philadelphia and examined at the Pennsylvania Diagnostic Laboratory System New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Chester County. Birds are dying of a mysterious illness that's left scientists and wildlife experts stumped.Read moreUPENN