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Mass La. bird deaths puzzle investigators
The (Baton Rouge) Advocate ^ | Decemeber 4 | KORAN ADDO

Posted on 01/04/2011 7:21:18 AM PST by PghBaldy

LABARRE — Hundreds of dead and dying birds littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish on Monday as motorists drove over and around them.

State biologists are trying to determine what led to the deaths of the estimated 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings on La. 1 just down the road from Pointe Coupee Central High School.

The discovery of the dead birds — some of which were lying face down, clumped in groups, while others were face up with their wings outstretched and rigid legs pointing upward — comes just three days after more than 3,000 blackbirds rained down from the sky in Beebe, Ark.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackbirds; deadbirds; fall; investigators; massdying; puzzles; redwinged; sky
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Arkansas also had a red wing blackbird kill a day or two before the fish.

Wonder if anyone is mapping these occurances for a pattern?

21 posted on 01/04/2011 7:53:52 AM PST by chemicalman (The Obama's: Proud members of the Vacation-A-Month Club.)
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To: MissMack99

Could happen if someone was trying to create a home made EMP device, if detonated at ground level its range will be severely restricted, up...and down.

Catfish are sensitive to magnetic fields.


22 posted on 01/04/2011 7:54:17 AM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Ditter
"I am tired of media scare stories, but that’s just me."

I know, but give them a break! I mean its hard to report the news of the day without mentioning Obama somewhere in it.
23 posted on 01/04/2011 7:55:24 AM PST by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: djf

Hail stones?


24 posted on 01/04/2011 7:55:47 AM PST by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: Ditto

Maybe. But I would think hailstones big enough to kill a bird would leave some other evidence.
And I would think the birds themselves would try to take cover. But then they are birds, that means bird-brains, so who knows?

Sounds like whatever it was, it was a very sudden and short event, and the affected birds basically didn’t have a chance.

I’m almost in the DOD weapons testing crowd here, but not yet...


25 posted on 01/04/2011 8:01:35 AM PST by djf (Touch my junk and I'll break yur mug!!!)
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To: UCANSEE2
"This happened when the severe weather cells were passing through the area."

Thanks for providing a logical answer to this mystery. It's the only answer that makes sense

26 posted on 01/04/2011 8:06:53 AM PST by davisfh (Islam is a mental illness with global social consequences)
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To: Rippin

Organ blunt force trauma...is there a poison that mimics...


27 posted on 01/04/2011 8:07:07 AM PST by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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To: PghBaldy

Yesterday Drudge had a headlined update on this

http://www.infowars.com/is-mass-bird-and-fish-die-off-connected-to-government-testing/

I remember when infowars.com was NWO tin foil hat. Today it is news.


28 posted on 01/04/2011 8:12:39 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: PghBaldy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC1gV_6aSIA


29 posted on 01/04/2011 8:15:22 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: UCANSEE2
The updraft in a column could sweep up a flock of flying birds, pulling them up to extreme height and cold, where they were paralyzed or frozen, then dropped back to the ground after being expelled from the top of the column.

Why only black birds? Wouldn't other birds be caught up as well?

30 posted on 01/04/2011 8:15:37 AM PST by jellybean (Bookmark http://altfreerepublic.freeforums.org/index.php for when FR is down)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
remember when infowars.com was NWO tin foil hat. Today it is news.

That is because most freepers have never actually listened and just repeat what they hear about it. I was once among them until last year, with plenty of excess time, I listened to the podcasts. He may be a bit mellowdramatic but Alex Jones fully understands the elites and what they have planned for us. And for the record there is no talk of UFOs or reptilian races of people on his show.

31 posted on 01/04/2011 8:17:08 AM PST by riri
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To: PghBaldy

I get a lot of red winged blackbirds feeding in my yard this time of year. It’s not unusual to see 200-300 at a time. They flock in large numbers. Is it possible they may have all fed on something that was tainted?


32 posted on 01/04/2011 8:23:59 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: PghBaldy

I bet they were moving in a flock, got swept up to high altitude by a freak circulatory current and got flash-frozen.


33 posted on 01/04/2011 8:25:20 AM PST by agere_contra (...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
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To: PghBaldy

Maybe they were caught up in a funnel cloud!


34 posted on 01/04/2011 8:27:51 AM PST by vigilante2 (Reelect Nobody)
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To: Rippin

Authorities say examinations showed those birds suffered internal injuries that formed deadly blood clots.

http://www.ktbs.com/news/26363062/detail.html

Monday’s discovery along Louisiana Highway 1 came just three days after more than 3,000 blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe, Ark. Authorities say examinations showed those birds suffered internal injuries that formed deadly blood clots. They said those birds could have been startled by the shooting of fireworks on New Year’s Eve.


35 posted on 01/04/2011 8:28:30 AM PST by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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To: riri

The only other explanation I can think of; for these birds and fish dying could be the freak cold snaps down south?


36 posted on 01/04/2011 8:31:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Malone LaVeigh

I had hundreds land in my front yard about a month ago. They were eating something in the grass and then left in a flash.


37 posted on 01/04/2011 8:33:19 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: printhead

Im not sure if the ones that landed in my yeard were starlings or red winged black birds.


38 posted on 01/04/2011 8:37:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: PghBaldy
They are finding dead birds in Gulfport, MS this morning... someone let some bad bugs loose... maybe terrorism that misfired... I just do not know... but this is too weird.

LLS

39 posted on 01/04/2011 8:49:37 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: riri
That is because most freepers have never actually listened and just repeat what they hear about it. (Info Wars)

That may be true, but Alex Jones has been at the front of the 9-11 conspiracy movement (Bush did it!), and I just cannot get past that.

40 posted on 01/04/2011 8:50:27 AM PST by scan59 (Markets always regulate better than government can.)
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