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Please note: bird flu (avian influenza), and West Nile Virus are not yet known to be in Hawaii - but they could arrive.
Agency officials are monitoring some areas for the arrival of these diseases, but cannot cover the entire state.
Your help IS important. Finding a dead bird could mean that a disease is present. Please help by calling 211 immediately to report it so it can be tested for disease.
Dead birds need to be appropriate for testing. Report dead birds if:
* they are fairly fresh. Birds that are decomposing are not testable for disease.
* they are not flat. Flat birds can't be tested.
DOH's Please Submit bird list (from their web site):
House Sparrow
House Finch
Java Sparrow
Cardinal
Native Bird
Mejiro (Japanese white-eye)
All other Finches
Bulbul
Owls
Feral Chickens
Migratory Birds
Ducks
Game Birds
Shorebirds (Plovers)
Seabirds (Shearwaters)
