On the ground in front of me there’s a large round pile of what looks like moist purple mud ... What is it? It’s a bird dropping. A big bird dropping. From a big bird. I stand up and look ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to the ...