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Mystery as thousands of birds fall from sky (Australia)
Australian News ^
| 1/10/07
| Amanda O'Brien
Posted on 01/09/2007 7:56:48 AM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo
THOUSANDS of birds have fallen from the skies over Esperance and no one knows why. Is it an illness, toxins or a natural phenomenon? A string of autopsies in Perth have shed no light on the mystery. All the residents of flood-devastated Esperance know is that their "dawn chorus" of singing birds is missing.
The main casualties are wattle birds, yellow-throated miners, new holland honeyeaters and singing honeyeaters, although some dead crows, hawks and pigeons have also been found.
Wildlife officers are baffled by the "catastrophic" event, which the Department of Environment and Conservation said began well before last week's freak storm.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; birds; callingartbell; death; endofdays; environment
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To: EternalVigilance
61
posted on
01/09/2007 9:01:51 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
To: Junior
Their final message was "So long, and thanks for all the fish..."
62
posted on
01/09/2007 9:02:01 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
("No stronger retrograde force exists in the world" - Winston Churchill on Islam)
To: Rte66
I do wonder if this was a bumper crop mistletoe year - hadn't been out in the country to observe.As you said "out in the country". There's not that many bushes or trees in the middle of downtown Austin. And knowing the mentality of Austinites, there would protests against and a permit issued for any berries that might fall on the sidewalks.
63
posted on
01/09/2007 9:02:46 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
64
posted on
01/09/2007 9:02:57 AM PST
by
happymom
(Check out my blog: http://noburqua.blogspot.com/)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
OK......so who's the dumb (bleep) in the toxic gas lab that left the roof vent open?
65
posted on
01/09/2007 9:05:04 AM PST
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
THOUSANDS of birds have fallen from the skies.......dead crows, hawks and pigeons.........baffled by the "catastrophic" event.....Where's Alfred Hitchcock when you need him??!!
FMCDH(BITS)
66
posted on
01/09/2007 9:09:03 AM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Good for you. Tired of hearing the "it's nothing crowd".
Very disturbing...looks like the next jihadi attack will be an airborne toxin.
67
posted on
01/09/2007 9:14:42 AM PST
by
milford421
(U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
To: OldFriend
68
posted on
01/09/2007 9:21:54 AM PST
by
TN4Bush
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
It is the shift of the magnetic poles.......The end is near!!! /s
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
70
posted on
01/09/2007 9:27:48 AM PST
by
Alia
To: killermedic
Why not a BOLDed statement?
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Too many ripe berries for lunch?
72
posted on
01/09/2007 9:30:53 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Well, it's 2007. Time to get ready for 2008.)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Could it be that Hitchcock had far reaching knowledge when he made the movie THE BIRDS?
73
posted on
01/09/2007 9:32:38 AM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia now a certified socialist state reporting to Mexico City for further instructions)
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
74
posted on
01/09/2007 9:36:22 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
75
posted on
01/09/2007 9:36:45 AM PST
by
Dysart
To: Brilliant
Birds falling from the sky indicate the Rapture?
76
posted on
01/09/2007 9:41:17 AM PST
by
pctech
To: Michael_Michaelangelo
Hmm...Austin, Australia...I believe birds are being killed off alphabetically.
77
posted on
01/09/2007 9:41:32 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(If your attitude's appalling, there's a latitude that's calling)
To: mtbopfuyn
Well, there really are - I just meant I hadn't been on any road trips where I could see all the mistletoe clumps up in the bare trees to gauge whether it was a high-yield year.
(Spoken as a true seller of little mistletoe bags as a child around Christmastime.)
I'm not even certain the berries are toxic to birds, anyway - maybe just to humans. But if it were a bumper crop year, the dudes in Austin may have tried spraying them because they're bad for pecan trees.
Hee hee, even the Texas state tree has a Red River Rivalry with the Oklahoma state flower/parasite.
Just brainstorming about this out loud, you realize.
78
posted on
01/09/2007 9:43:49 AM PST
by
Rte66
To: pctech
Actually, it was the stars that fell down from the sky and it was birds that suddenly appeared.
79
posted on
01/09/2007 9:44:49 AM PST
by
Rte66
To: JennysCool
Funny observation.....lol
80
posted on
01/09/2007 9:45:35 AM PST
by
Jeffrey_D.
(Seek first to understand, then to be understood)
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