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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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: boston; dorchester; grackles
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To: rlmorel
Can anyone say Sully?


41 posted on 09/09/2016 5:36:34 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: Clay Moore
Crow Smarter than a 5th grader


42 posted on 09/09/2016 5:42:04 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: Olog-hai
...Some of the grackles were found dead...

"46 songbirds fall from sky in Boston".

Grackles are "songbirds" just like Trevon and Michael Brown were innocent children.

You have to admire the AP's consistent total disregard for facts!

43 posted on 09/09/2016 5:45:18 AM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: Olog-hai
"Some of the grackles were found dead."

A stinking grackle is NO song bird... GOOD RIDDANCE..!

44 posted on 09/09/2016 5:45:25 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Daffynition

With operant conditioning you can train a crow to do just about anything.


45 posted on 09/09/2016 5:51:28 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: IronJack

Sure, if a call that sounds like a squeaky supermarket trolley wheel is a “song”.


46 posted on 09/09/2016 5:52:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: rlmorel

I recall one occasion at a fast food place, I noticed that there was scattering of food trash in the parking lot. This bonanza had attracted a number of crows and seagulls.

What was interesting was that the crows kept to themselves, as did the seagulls.

Even birds are racist.


47 posted on 09/09/2016 6:07:29 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: Chickensoup; Daffynition

As annoying as crows can be at 5:30 AM if you have a bunch near your house, it is hard not to admire them. They are very interesting creatures. My favorite story was related by a hunter:

Every year when he went deer hunting on his property, the crows would silently follow him around, making no noise, waiting until he bagged a deer and removed the gut-pack, after which they would swoop in for the feast. That part didn’t surprise him, he figured they knew a good thing when they saw it.

What he didn’t understand is how they seemed to know the exact day the hunting season would begin. When he would come out of his back door, ready to go, the crows were ready to go as well, sitting everywhere getting ready to follow him.

What the Hell...could crows read signs or calendars??? Then he realized one year, that they figured it out by watching him through his windows. As soon as he started pulling out all of his hunting gear, putting it on his dining room table, waterproofing his boots, cleaning his gun and such, the word got out in the crow world: He’s almost ready to go...be prepared to follow!


48 posted on 09/09/2016 7:17:12 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: Olog-hai

blackbirds’ lives matter


49 posted on 09/09/2016 8:23:30 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: DesertRhino

“A .177 pellet bounces off the damn things.”

Lol! A number of years ago, I had just planted a new pasture of about a couple acres. It only took about a day before the grackles discovered it. They came in by the thousands! You’re correct that pellets just bounced right off them. Even number 7 shot out of a .410 bounced off them at the distance it was fired from. However, there were so many that if one waited until 2 or 3 were lined up in a row, a .22 would penetrate all three. Even after the noise of the shot scared them off, they’d all fly back in about a minute. Quite the pest!


50 posted on 09/09/2016 8:23:46 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: rlmorel
The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say “Cah”, none could say “Truck.

Great one!

8^)

51 posted on 09/09/2016 8:57:57 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

It is as corny as the day is long, but the first time I read it, I was sucked in until nearly the end...:)

LOL, I remember thinking (as a Massachusetts resident) “ARE YOU FRIKKING KIDDING ME? WE SPENT MONEY ON THIS CRAP...” as I was reading, then got to the end...hook, line, and sinker.

Not like wasting money on stupid, useless studies is anything new around here...


52 posted on 09/09/2016 9:24:50 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: Daffynition

On a more sober side, there was a movie called “Charlie Victor Romeo” available on Netflix (which was apparently a stage play first) where they re-enact aviation mishaps on a stage made out to resemble the cockpits of the various planes, and one of those accidents was the crash of the E-3 Sentry up in Elmendorf AFB caused by a flock of birds...that one was frightening, even as a re-enaction by actors...


53 posted on 09/09/2016 9:28:16 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: Chickensoup

54 posted on 09/09/2016 9:44:07 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: rlmorel
A pilot friend of the family, who has flown for American [30+ years], says flying in and out of JFK is treacherous b/c of the migrating birds in the tidal shallows surrounding the airport; last minute runway closures/redirects are common; culling continues...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131108-aircraft-bird-strikes-faa-radar-science/


55 posted on 09/09/2016 10:15:59 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: Daffynition

Holy crap it looks like the birds are trying to carry off the plane!


56 posted on 09/09/2016 10:17:46 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
A member of our family is hired by farmers to cull crows from their farms; to save corn crops. Crow calls a preferred method to lure them in.


57 posted on 09/09/2016 10:28:58 AM PDT by Daffynition (*If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?*~ Gene Wilder)
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To: rlmorel

I saw crows mobbing a hawk last spring——fascinating.

I had seen them mobbing Bald Eagles on You Tube but had never actually seen it done.

.


58 posted on 09/09/2016 10:37:10 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Daffynition

Such is life for a crow...eat little birds out of a nest, humans get you with a shotgun!


59 posted on 09/09/2016 10:51:35 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: Mears

Crows recognize human faces and can remember them up to five years, too. I like to watch them.


60 posted on 09/09/2016 10:54:10 AM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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