“We had people all over devising schemes to kill thousands at a time.”
Back in the 1970’s, Houston’s mosquito control program must have been experimenting with some very toxic poisons. After something was sprayed around the Rice University campus, there were hundreds, if not thousands of dead grackles laying around the campus. I recall seeing dozens flattened in just one parking lot.
Yeah. I bet. Birds are often pretty susceptible to inhaled poisons.