Outdoors: It’s an early spring, for better or worse

Early-arriving woodcock, killdeer, tree swallows, and phoebes have returned to the region. An inviting, mild winter like this year’s, though, may not be all good for wildlife.Auburn’s Dr. Sarah Reich, who is now an Illinois veterinary professor specializing in wildlife medicine, shared that there’s been a disturbing, climate-related shift in timing for her clinic, as well as other wildlife centers and rehabilitators all across the country. […]