Mystery as thousands of birds fall from sky (Australia)

Australian News ^ | 1/10/07 | Amanda O'Brien

[auto power]

...I'm sooooo glad cows don't fly....

[OldFriend]

Winds?

Updrafts?

Temperature inversions causing toxic air?

Sudden downdrafts?

[OldFriend]

See what happens when Art Bell gets back in the USA

[Dysart]

They are all omnivores so anything is possible, food-wise.

[the mo]

ping

[Rte66]

Some people put poisonous things in bird feeders to kill the squirrels that raid them. I *assume* they know what things are poisonous to squirrels and *aren't* poisonous to birds.

[OPS4]

Check out Weather wars


Full time weather manipulation measured by and assisted with the seemingly ever present chemtrail program. This doesn’t change from day to day or even season to season.

Ops4 God Bless You ALL.

[OPS4]

Weather WARS.

http://www.weatherwars.info/index.php

[sarasota]

Nature's way of "thinning the herd"?

[Grizzled Bear]

Alright! Between this and the Rosie O'Donnel thread I think I'm about to puke!

:-O=

[isthisnickcool]

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Did you even read the article?

Ten of thousands of a single species throughout the 90's. No mention of several thousands of various species in a single kill. Since Google makes it so easy, find another example of it. I tried. I can't.

I know, I know... it's nothing. Everything's nothing. And anybody who entertains any other possibility is a tinfoil chewing kook with bad breath and a mother who wears combat boots.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Had 2500 mallards die in southern Idaho of a fungal infection in December.

[Rte66]

No mango salsa, please!

[mtbopfuyn]

I don't know what to make of the Austin ones.

Since those in Austin were in a few block area, I would assume some business got tired of the poop and sprayed. However, there's always UT's wacko Dr. Pianka (he of the let's kill off 90% of the human race with ebola) or one of his converted students testing an idea for something bigger.

[aculeus]

Cue the theremin.

[Junior]

It's a sign of the return of the Great Old Ones.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Where have I ruled anything out? I simply noted that it COULD have a natural cause. No conclusions from me, just noting that it might be wise to still consider all possibilities on this, rather than to narrow down right now based on assumptions.

[mtbopfuyn]

you know if authorities in Austin, TX ever found out what killed all of the birds in downtown Austin yesterday? THAT is pretty freaky too.

They opened the streets at noon after issuing the statement they are testing birds but haven't a clue as to why. For a while they were saying it was the weather. Sure, there was a feakish drop in temperature in the six block area and no where else.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Chinese out screwing around with that death ray thing?