Have you noticed? Birds such as eagles, great horned owls, pelicans and peregrine falcons are falling, dead, to the ground. David Quammen’s piece, “Why Are Birds Falling From the Sky” recently appeared in the “New York Times” and alerted me to what is happening to some of our precious wildlife. The H5N1 virus is killing our birds at a devastating pace and apparently, this virus is worse than the pesticide DDT (which was banned years ago). Sadly, we cannot ban viruses. But we can reconsider what we eat and what happens in commercial poultry farms with chickens crammed together in unhealthy spaces. If I think of any bird suffering paralysis, brain inflammation, and bleeding; it is yet another reminder to watch what I eat and choose a vegetable option.