Bad for birds.

• Position: STATELINE - Spread of the West Nile virus - Brief article

Several once-common bird species in Kansas are dwindling in numbers, and experts blame the West Nile virus. It's the fourth year that numbers of certain species have been way down, the timing corresponding with the discovery of the West Nile virus in the state in 2002. Species hardest hit appear to be blue jays, American crows, black-billed magpies, tufted tit-mice, and black-capped and Carolina chickadees. The...