Nests of the bobolink — black and white songbirds ... Bobolinks are small songbirds that breed in New England's fields and pastures. The birds travel three days straight from the rice fields ...

A sentiment echoed in Connecticut and by health departments throughout New England. In Connecticut, the birds were family pets and had been in close contact with wild waterfowl from a nearby pond ...

senior biologist for avian conservation at the New Hampshire Audubon. “Lots of birds will be aggressive against reflections in mirrors, but I don’t usually hear about woodpeckers,” she said.

Springfield’s Health and Human Services Committee held a meeting Wednesday to address both the measles and the bird flu outbreak ... and just outside of New England, measles has also been ...