Feral pockets, redwood trees, / NatureScores, emergency pees

Plus: Century-old milk powder and nature-slime

Hello again from New York City, where samples from several geese, a peregrine falcon, a red-tailed hawk, and a chicken—all taken between August 2022 and April 2023—have tested positive for bird flu; where a mom was fined for letting her child take an emergency pee in a park because the public bathroom was closed; and where a popular community composting…