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Just heard on the Weather Channel, another 300 birds have been found in Louisiana, same condition.

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Just heard on the Weather Channel, another 300 birds have been found in Louisiana, same condition.

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I already posted a link to that... and the birds in Kentucky... GF :P

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Just heard on the Weather Channel, another 300 birds have been found in Louisiana, same condition.

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I already posted a link to that... and the birds in Kentucky... GF :P

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Saw the first few episodes then I lost interest. Don't know why, it looked like a very interesting show.

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I lived in Siberia at one point and remembered seeing lots of dead birds fall out of trees whenever winter set in early. Maybe the same thing happened here and they froze to death and suffered trauma upon hitting the ground?

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Nah, there have been, and still, unseasonably warm temperatures in the areas for the past week.

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I lived in Siberia at one point and remembered seeing lots of dead birds fall out of trees whenever winter set in early. Maybe the same thing happened here and they froze to death and suffered trauma upon hitting the ground?

 

The trauma is probably what killed them, after they froze to death. Frozen tree branches are slippery, after all.

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This is the kinda news I dread working with birds for a living. A few years ago we had to deal with one of the largest mass bird kills right here in my area. Ended up being parasites in the water.

 

Hopefully it is just them being startled and not anything more serious.

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I lived in Siberia at one point and remembered seeing lots of dead birds fall out of trees whenever winter set in early. Maybe the same thing happened here and they froze to death and suffered trauma upon hitting the ground?

 

The trauma is probably what killed them, after they froze to death. Frozen tree branches are slippery, after all.

I should think the vast majority of them died of broken hearts, after seeing all of them die of trauma and of cold.

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Saw a dead bird near my school today... :unsure:

Stay indoors this weekend.

 

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Actually, never mind, the probably happens in tons of movies. But yeah, start building your Armageddon shelter.

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Saw a dead bird near my school today... :unsure:

Stay indoors this weekend.

 

What movie was it where they realized a zombie virus in animals would eventually mutate and jump to humans just because it would be impossible for it not to, given infinite time?

 

Actually, never mind, the probably happens in tons of movies. But yeah, start building your Armageddon shelter.

I rather die outside than die later when there is nothing left of the world :P

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Scott Wright, the chief of disease investigations explains, that firecrackers would have set the birds out at night, flyinng blind.

It's believed that the noise startled them-they are poor night fliers-and they were in close proximity to neighborhoods, and they flew into homes and cars. They died of impact force to their bodies.

 

That's what the National Wildlife Health Center thinks

http://io9.com/5727758/national-wildlife-health-center-determines-cause-of-blackbird-death

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Scott Wright, the chief of disease investigations explains, that firecrackers would have set the birds out at night, flyinng blind.

It's believed that the noise startled them-they are poor night fliers-and they were in close proximity to neighborhoods, and they flew into homes and cars. They died of impact force to their bodies.

 

That's what the National Wildlife Health Center thinks

http://io9.com/5727758/national-wildlife-health-center-determines-cause-of-blackbird-death

 

Except it has also happened in places like Sweden... There have also been mass bird deaths in Italy, as well as thousands of fish dying across the world in a similar fashion to that of the birds.

 

I don't think it's a coincidence, and the firecracker hypothesis doesn't seem likely.

 

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12135380

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Scott Wright, the chief of disease investigations explains, that firecrackers would have set the birds out at night, flyinng blind.

It's believed that the noise startled them-they are poor night fliers-and they were in close proximity to neighborhoods, and they flew into homes and cars. They died of impact force to their bodies.

 

That's what the National Wildlife Health Center thinks

http://io9.com/5727758/national-wildlife-health-center-determines-cause-of-blackbird-death

 

Except it has also happened in places like Sweden... There have also been mass bird deaths in Italy, as well as thousands of fish dying across the world in a similar fashion to that of the birds.

 

I don't think it's a coincidence, and the firecracker hypothesis doesn't seem likely.

 

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12135380

Blackbird deaths are common. They're known as suicide birds, not because they die on purpose, but they are really stupid. And have horrible eyesight. They'll follow one bird (that has no clue where it is going) straight into the ground. Happens many times a year, all over the world. Interesting that it is starting to happen so much; I don't know of any recorded cases when this happens. Particularly since they aren't all blackbirds - there were doves, too. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions. Nobody knows what's going on, not the experts, not the interested or concerned citizens. So, we wait.

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Blackbird deaths are common. They're known as suicide birds, not because they die on purpose, but they are really stupid. And have horrible eyesight. They'll follow one bird (that has no clue where it is going) straight into the ground. Happens many times a year, all over the world.

 

Interesting. Didn't know that. :)

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