Blue Jays were one of my favorite birds they alerted me to a lot of game over the years.
Years back dead Jays were laying everywhere and all tested tested positive for WNV. It's a rare occurrence to see one today.
The question I have is how the hell did WNV get in our country...it had to come in with a group of muzlums.
Maybe Larry our local Muzlum loving ex'spurt can tell us how WNV got here.
Right now, we're not doing a very good job letting the ones in that have been "vetted" by acting as interpreters with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's after promising them visas:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/they-fought-te...2027?li=BBnb7KzLong article, but the last sentence--a quote from an Army officer whose life was saved by his interpreter--pretty much sums it up:
"The most important equipment that I had for my survival and, more importantly, the survival of the soldiers under my purview, was the interpreter standing next to me."
Those of us who've operated in foreign countries pretty much understand that if we don't speak the language, then we'd better have some local who can speak Arabic in Iraq, or Dari or Pushto in Afghanistan, and who also understands the local culture. Those Muslim volunteers are risking their lives, and--as the quote makes clear--play a critical role in making sure that fewer Americans come home in body bags.
