Just a wee bit alarmist...no? Birds didn't actually explode in AR...they just dropped from the sky.
I heard folks talking about the disappearance of Rock Fish from VA waters this winter AND the sudden death of millions of juvenile spot in the Chesapeake Bay as two very odd occurances. Actually nothing odd at all except that December was unusually cold. The sudden cold killed off a lot of baby Spot and baby spot are the number one food source for the Rock Fish...who migrated south to the Outer Banks...about a month early...looking for warmer waters and more abundant food. Not exactly end of the world stuff...
So, we don't know where it happened but some suspect someone was lost and got sick eating dead crab found floating around.