We’re talking about purple martins. They’re a type of migrating bird that can now call two local parks home, thanks to a little help from us humans. That’s what makes this story 850 good news.

Early morning, the young falcon was seen on the edge of the nest stretching its wings all morning and flapping them about. Finally, around 6:45 a.m., the bird flapped its wings, let go of the ...

Video showed that, as the eaglet took off at 10:46 a.m., Gizmo’s head swiveled, monitoring as Sunny fledged, or made an inaugural flight from the nest.