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46 songbirds fall from sky in Boston
Associated Press ^ | Sep 9, 2016 12:13 AM EDT

Posted on 09/08/2016 9:55:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Health officials in Massachusetts are trying to figure out what caused a large flock of birds to fall out of the sky and onto a Boston street.

NECN reports 46 songbirds were found Thursday in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood.

Some of the grackles were found dead, while others were just sick. …

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: boston; dorchester; grackles
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To: Olog-hai

Flew through a chemtrail


21 posted on 09/08/2016 11:34:31 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: Olog-hai

That’s what happens when you sing. Never, ever cross Hillary.


22 posted on 09/09/2016 12:27:05 AM PDT by tiki
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To: RegulatorCountry

Only 7 posts in for an FR truth-teller to show up. Not bad...

Grackles are turdbirds but I wouldn’t expect any East Coast MSM outlet to be able to identify them correctly since that escapes them on a daily basis as regards H-> and her carpet-munching Sharia sidekick.


23 posted on 09/09/2016 12:43:11 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Olog-hai

What a shame. They couldn’t live with the inherent guilt that comes with ‘songbird privilege’.


24 posted on 09/09/2016 2:43:16 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Olog-hai

Meth


25 posted on 09/09/2016 2:57:50 AM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: Smellin Salt; All

“Flew through a chemtrail”

BRAVO! You win today’s prize. People really need to get a clue...

http://www.aircrap.org


26 posted on 09/09/2016 3:35:20 AM PDT by ResisTyr ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God " ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai
The common grackle is classified as a "songbird" as it is a member of the blackbird family, albeit a particularly poor singer. They can be irritating birds, but I'll take them any day over the bloody-minded starlings and english/"house" sparrows that make life miserable for all the other birds around here.

Mr. niteowl77

27 posted on 09/09/2016 3:44:56 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Olog-hai

Halliburton!!!


28 posted on 09/09/2016 3:46:58 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try.)
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To: Olog-hai
Grackles are endangered and should be revered and protected. /s


29 posted on 09/09/2016 3:51:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind

How to get rid of grackles...

https://www.bird-x.com/grackle-pages-279.php


30 posted on 09/09/2016 3:53:18 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Bfl


31 posted on 09/09/2016 4:19:16 AM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Fresh Wind
How to get rid of grackles...https://www.bird-x.com/grackle-pages-279.php

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32 posted on 09/09/2016 4:55:07 AM PDT by Jed Eckert (Trump/Pence ***Make America Great Again***)
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To: Olog-hai

Dead grackles is a problem?


33 posted on 09/09/2016 4:55:35 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Olog-hai

Grackles are song birds? Idiots.


34 posted on 09/09/2016 5:06:27 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Just a couple of years ago, researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone’s relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.

However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird’s beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.

MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.

The Ornithological Behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.

The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say “Cah”, none could say “Truck.”


35 posted on 09/09/2016 5:28:58 AM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: rlmorel

LOL


36 posted on 09/09/2016 5:31:13 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Olog-hai

“what caused a large flock of birds to fall out of the sky”

I’m thinking gravity


37 posted on 09/09/2016 5:33:25 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: Olog-hai

Grackles are “songbirds????” My dad used to shoot the damned pests from the front porch.


38 posted on 09/09/2016 5:35:12 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Olog-hai

Almost enough for TWO pies.


39 posted on 09/09/2016 5:35:32 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: rlmorel

“The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say “Cah”, none could say “Truck.””

ouch!


40 posted on 09/09/2016 5:35:50 AM PDT by Clay Moore (JRandomFreeper, SWAMPSNIPER RIP)
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