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Bald eagles increasingly common in Nebraska, nationally JEFF BAHR, The Grand Island Independent April 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — You don’t have to be as much of an eagle eye anymore to spot bald eagles. The national symbol has seen its population quadruple since 2009, according to a recent report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners. In 1963, there were 417 known nesting pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states. That number has grown to m...

— William D. A: It is true that wild birds are implicated with salmonella in eight states, but to my knowledge, not Massachusetts, according to many newspapers, including The New York Times, my source. All that I checked mentioned the eight states that excluded Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. In the April 4 edition, Times reporter Jesus Jiménez wrote, in part, "A salmonella outbreak linked to contact with wild songbirds and bird feeders has sickened 19 people across eight states, ...

The Delaware County Historical Society will host a free virtual program titled “The History of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium” at 7 p.m. Thursda