When she took her dog out to Oak Street Beach on their morning walk Sunday, Portia Belloc Lowndes came across a scene that was so disturbing, she said, it felt “like a horror show.” Around 20 dead birds lay belly-up on the shore,

Roughly 200-300 ducks have been found dead in Chicago and the northern suburbs around Lake Michigan in recent days, according to a new report from local news outlet NBC5. The red-breasted mergansers have died of suspected bird flu,

The BriefAvian flu is devastating bird populations along Chicago’s lakefront, with hundreds of dead waterfowl reported in recent days.Volunteers are finding large numbers of sick and dead birds, including ducks,