WEBVTT POPULATION GROWS, WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR HUMANS? THESE GREAT HORNED OWLS ARE ON THE MEND. TWO OF THEM BROUGHT FROM NEW CASTLE AND KINGSTON, WITH SYMPTOMS OF WEST NILE VIRUS. ONE OF THESE BARRED OWLS, TOO, FOUND IN ROCHESTER, AND THREE OF THESE RED-TAILED HAWKS, PICKED UP IN RYE AND NEWINGTON, SHOWING SIMILAR SIGNS. >> THEY HAVE PARALYSIS IN THE LEGS, THEY ARE AMAZED HIT IT, THEIR COORDINATION IS OFF. THEY TRY TO USE THEIR HEAD AND FEET, IT IS SISTER BEEN TO SEE. JENNIFER: ALL WERE BROUGHT JANE KELLY AT ON THE WING. SHE REHABILITATES RAPTORS. SINCE MAINE -- SINCE MAY, SHE’S SEEN 14 BIRDS WITH WEST NILE SYMPTOMS, COMPARED TO ONE OR TWO BY THIS TIME IN OTHER YEARS. LASTER, I LOST TO BIRDS. JENNIFER: WEST NILE IS ONE OF SEVERAL MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESSES TRACKED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THE LATEST DATA SHOWS NO HUMANS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE, AND ONLY ONE BATCH OF MOSQUITOS HAS TESTED POSITIVE SO FAR IN MANCHESTER. ENTOMOLOGIST MICHAEL MORRISON SAYS THE TYPE OF MOSQUITO THAT CARRIES WEST NILE ONLY BIT BIRDS, BUT THE ANECDOTAL INCREASE IN BIRD CASES COU MEAN IT IS AMPLIFYING IN THEIR POPULATION. THAT RAISES HIS ANTENNAE BECAUES RECENT RAINS MEAN WE COULD BE FOR A RISE IN MOSQUITO NUMBERS. >> THERE ARE MOSQUITOES THAT FEED ON WORDS AND MAMMALS, AND THEY CAN TAKE IT FROM THE BIRDS AND GIVE IT TO HUMANS. JENNIFER PEOPLE ARE REMINDED TO EMPTY STANDING WATER BECAUSE MOSQUITOES ONLY TAKE SEVEN TO 10 DAYS TO DEVELO THE BEST WAY TO AVOID MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES, IS TO AVOID GETTING BI