[mountainlion]

Alkaida missed and got the birds.

[TaraP]

Has anyone ever heard of this happening before??????

One top biologist from Cornell University said the birds were “....probably asleep in a single tree when a washing machine-type thunderstorm sucked them up into the air, disoriented them, and even fatally soaked and chilled them.”

[RBIEL2]

Is there a military base or military weapons research center nearby?

[Dallas59]

Must be globull smarming, the lack of health care in America, racism and the Tea Party. There is no other explanation.

[Viking2002]

Six birds? Question Number One: does the neighbor's kid own a BB gun? Back when I was a kid, the annual starling migration produced flocks of birds so thick, we could literally wing 'em with a rock. A good Crossman air pump rifle and a tube of .177 pellets could (and did) yield quite a bit of avian carnage.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[I see my hands]

IMHO, it's likely the woman poisoned the birds and placed them around her yard. Maybe to get some fame money.

[LachlanMinnesota]

It would be nice if some civic minded citizen would gather several specimens and take them to a private lab for doing a necropsy, so that someone can determine a cause of death.

I note in the recent case, government officials were not just picking up samples, but picking them all up. I wonder if anyone thought to gather a few of their own. The government said it was safe and then sent people in hazmat suits to pick up the birds.

[MeganC]

The “explanations” for these bird deaths border on outright bullcrap. Why not run out the usual “it was a weather balloon”, too?

[Doogle]

[sportutegrl]

As long as they are not canaries, we’ll be okay.

[freepersup]

Occam’s Razor / the obvious- poisoned.

[Vinnie]

I’ll wait for Jesse Ventura’s take on this.
My guess is HAARP.

[TXnMA]

Years ago someone pointed out to me that, despite their huge numbers, it is very rare for a person to encounter a dead bird. I had to admit he was right.

So, I suppose, on the occasions when folks do run across an example of "thinning of the flock" (which, logically, must be a frequent occurrence) it makes the news...

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I'm too lazy to go back and find the thread, but --

Thanks for the heads-up on the Quadrantids!

(I already have my lounge, pad, and sleeping bag set up and covered (for dew protection) with a tarp...)

[hennie pennie]

Kentucky