New York Owl Felled By Herpes
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City investigators have determined that a great horned own found dead in Inwood Hill Park last month succumbed to avian herpes.
The virus is not transmissible to humans.
[Photo credit: Great horned owl by Vicki’s Nature, Creative Commons.]