Radio reports says this is a mess with people trying to get into their offices.
The Avian Flu talk forum usually track these things. Bad time for them to be down..
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Heart of downtown Austin closed in wake of mysterious bird killAUSTIN, Texas Austin police have a troubling mystery on their hands.They've closed off most of Congress Avenue for the morning downtown -- along with all side streets between Colorado and Brazos streets. That's after dozens of birds were found dead in the area.
The several dozen dead birds were found along Congress between Sixth and Eighth streets overnight. Congress Avenue is closed from Cesar Chavez on the south to Eleventh Street on the north in front of the Capitol. A police spokeswoman says the area is expected to remain closed until about noon.
People who work in the closed-off area have been advised to delay coming to work until after fire crews conduct precautionary testing of the area and declare an all-clear.
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Talked to a friend of mine who works near downtown and he had to go up to 15th and then down Red River to get from his office on W 10th to the Federal Court House.
He says the popular theory going around the Court House is: a wedding reception took place at the Driskell or some other location downtown, the guest threw rice, the birds ate the rice and then drank water, the birds then croak!