I have heard the West Nile has arrived in CA, sadly. I think we've had one West Nile related death so far. There aren't many mosquitos in our area, but I saw one in the house several days ago, which I killed immediately (after he stung me...hehehe). My birds aren't going outside *at all*. I haven't seen a single dead bird in the area.......I'm not even sure if we have it in our city or not, but I know its in the state, and we're all trying to be careful.