Thouands Of Dead Birds Fall From Sky In US

[EnglishLady]

Sky News Jan 2

Mystery surrounds the deaths of thousands of black birds which fell from the sky in Arkansas, America.

State wildlife officials have been going door-to-door in the town of Beebe to collect the birds after 5,000 fell dead.
Officials said the creatures began falling from the sky late on New Year's Eve and continued into the next day

Beebe is a a town of about 4,500 people located 30 miles northeast of the state capital, Little Rock.

"It could be weather-related or possibly stress-related," said Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
"There were some fireworks shot off at midnight and it is possible that the birds were on their roost and stressed so bad that it could have killed them."

The birds have been collected from rooftops, trees and yards and will be tested at facilities in Little Rock and Madison, Wisconsin.
Stephens said hail or lightning in recent days also could have injured the birds but he had seen no physical signs of injuries in the birds so far collected.

High winds and tornadoes struck Arkansas on New Year's Eve, with the hardest hit area more than 150 miles to the west of Beebe.

Birds Fall Dead From Sky Mystery: Thousands Of Black Birds Collected In Beebe, Arkansas | World News | Sky News

 

[aristotle]

Kamikaze-style mass suicide.

 

[cheri1122]

Arkansas also just had a 20 mile stretch of dead fish in the Arkansas River - how long till the conspiracy theories appear?

 

[layoutshooter]

They realized that they were in Bill Clinton's home state and that killed them.

 

[Dreamer]

Arkansas also just had a 20 mile stretch of dead fish in the Arkansas River - how long till the conspiracy theories appear?

Got to admit... something is hinky somewhere.... bees, fish, now birds? I have no great theories, but something is off somewhere.


Dale




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[layoutshooter]

We will just have to wait and see what killed them. It is likely to be easily explained.

 

[aristotle]

Alfred Hitchkock's "B Team."

 

[Moot]

Got to admit... something is hinky somewhere.... bees, fish, now birds?

What's next, lemmings falling from the sky?

 

[moose]

Yh'a ,something fishy going on .

1st load of the year anyone ?,going from Arkansas to Madison Wisc.
probly a reefer HM load .

 

[aristotle]

Union birds told to get a real job.

 

[Turtle]

They realized that they were in Bill Clinton's home state and that killed them.

Well, I don't know if there is a connection, but Beebe is where Paula Jones lives.

AP News:

Preliminary autopsies on 17 of the up to 5,000 blackbirds that fell on this town indicate they died of blunt trauma to their organs, the state's top veterinarian told NBC News on Monday.

Their stomachs were empty, which rules out poison, Dr. George Badley said, and they died in midair, not on impact with the ground.

That evidence, and the fact that the red-winged blackbirds fly in close flocks, suggests they suffered some massive midair collision, he added. That lends weight to theories that lightning, hail or New Year's Eve fireworks hit or startled the birds.

Ornithologist Karen Rowe noted that in 2001 lightning killed about 20 mallards at Hot Springs, and a flock of dead pelicans was found in the woods about 10 years ago. Lab tests showed that they, too, had been hit by lightning.

Moreover, in 1973 hail knocked birds from the sky at Stuttgart, Ark., on the day before hunting season. Some of the birds were caught in a violent storm's updrafts and became encased in ice before falling from the sky.
Rowe noted that birds of prey and other animals, including dogs and cats, ate several of the dead blackbirds and suffered no ill effects.

"Every dog and cat in the neighborhood that night was able to get a fresh snack that night," Rowe said.

AccuWeather:

A storm with strong lightning strikes moved through the area of Beebe, Ark., Friday, shortly before birds were reported falling from the sky.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began receiving reports of dead black birds falling from the sky at approximately 11:30 p.m. CDT, according to a press release.

"There was lightning in the area between 9:19 and 9:30 p.m. CDT," said AccuWeather.com Information Manager, Henry Margusity. "A couple of strokes had between 380,000 and 540,000 amps."

It's probably lightening.

 

[Turtle]

Then again, Beebe is a town of about 4500 people. Between 4000 and 5000 birds fell dead from the sky. Coincidence?

I'm thinking this might be some "bird in the hand" New Year's thing to bring good fortune.

That, or Bastet, the Great Feline Goddess, was simply thanking the good people of Beebe for feeding her one day.

 

[Moot]

It's probably lightening.

Quite the opposite! Birds were dropping like rocks from the sky.

 

[layoutshooter]

Weather kills thousands of birds every year. It could be lighting. They could have got caught in the up draft of a thunderstorm. Getting knocked about in a storm, hail everywhere if they got pushed up high enough could account for blunt force trauma.

Birds often get up too high on their own during migration and flash freeze solid. Imagine getting hit by a frozen 3lb mallard dropping from 35,000ft. Worse yet, a full grown goose.

 

[Dreamer]

Strikes me odd that 5000 blackbirds drop at once.... and 125 miles away, 100,000 drum fish float up dead.

Awful specific. Of course the conspiracy theorists are already hypothesizing tests of airborne/waterborn virus "test run" by terrorists.

I dont know... but between honey bees(earlier last year, thousands dropped dead, or left areas, fish beaching themselves this last summer....now the fish and birds... something is off balance.

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[layoutshooter]

Strikes me odd that 5000 blackbirds drop at once.... and 125 miles away, 100,000 drum fish float up dead.

Awful specific. Of course the conspiracy theorists are already hypothesizing tests of airborne/waterborn virus "test run" by terrorists.

I dont know... but between honey bees(earlier last year, thousands dropped dead, or left areas, fish beaching themselves this last summer....now the fish and birds... something is off balance.

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The bee problem is world wide and could be one of the worst problems that we are facing today. That one has been going on for several years.

 

[EnglishLady]

The bee problem is world wide and could be one of the worst problems that we are facing today. That one has been going on for several years.

From the Guardian newspaper Dec 3

"Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline
Disease and inbreeding might have caused US bumblebee decline over the past few decades say scientists.


The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be a result of disease and inbreeding.

Bumble bees are important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops around the world including tomatoes and berries thanks to their large body size, long tongues, and high-frequency buzzing, which helps release pollen from flowers.

Bees in general pollinate some 90% of the world's commercial plants, including most fruits, vegetables and nuts. Coffee, soya beans and cotton are all dependent on pollination by bees to increase yields. It is the start of a food chain that also sustains wild birds and animals.

But the insects, along with other crucial pollinators such as moths and hoverflies, have been in serious decline around the world since the last few decades of the 20th century. It is unclear why, but scientists think it is from a combination of new diseases, changing habitats around cities, and increasing use of pesticides."

More on this report
Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline | Environment | The Guardian


Are we looking at another man-made problem?

 

[layoutshooter]

From the Guardian newspaper Dec 3

"Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline
Disease and inbreeding might have caused US bumblebee decline over the past few decades say scientists.


The abundance of four common species of bumblebees in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be a result of disease and inbreeding.

Bumble bees are important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops around the world including tomatoes and berries thanks to their large body size, long tongues, and high-frequency buzzing, which helps release pollen from flowers.

Bees in general pollinate some 90% of the world's commercial plants, including most fruits, vegetables and nuts. Coffee, soya beans and cotton are all dependent on pollination by bees to increase yields. It is the start of a food chain that also sustains wild birds and animals.

But the insects, along with other crucial pollinators such as moths and hoverflies, have been in serious decline around the world since the last few decades of the 20th century. It is unclear why, but scientists think it is from a combination of new diseases, changing habitats around cities, and increasing use of pesticides."

More on this report
Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline | Environment | The Guardian


Are we looking at another man-made problem?

It very well could be a man-made problem. There has been studies done in France and England showing that cell phone towers mess up the honey bees homing systems. The cell phones frequency is similar to what bees us. People tend to focus on "climate change" or "global warming" instead of looking at the entire picture. It is too complicated a problem to look at just one part.

 

[aristotle]

The DrudgeReport.com is featuring a similar story this morning about birds falling from the sky over Louisiana.
***Advisory*** Motorcyclists should consider wearing helmet until bird catastrophe is resolved.

 

[EnglishLady]

Update

Hundreds of blackbirds have fallen in Kentucky