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Birds Dropping From Sky, Flying Into Buildings After Exposure To Smoke
WKMG TV NEWS ^ | 5-14-2007

Posted on 05/14/2007 12:45:18 PM PDT by Cagey

Hundreds of birds from as far south as Miami are falling from the sky or flying head-first into buildings and dying after being exposed to smoke from wildfires blanketing parts of Florida, according to a report.

Veterinarians said the birds have very sensitive lungs and the toxins in the smoke are poison to them, Local 6 reported Monday.

Video showed birds slamming head-first into buildings and glass in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

"I hear them (hitting glass) all day long," a business owner said. "It is horrible."

Residents in the counties have called wildlife centers to report the dead birds, the report said.

"Something is draining the life out of (an injured bird)," a man said after finding a bird that fell from the sky. "And it seems to be a slow process, which is pretty brutal."

Officials said smoke from the wildfires in Florida disorients the birds and causes them to fly into windows, according to a WSVN report.

The birds are dying from either the impact of the crash or suffering from head and neck injuries.

Wildfires started about a month ago in southeast Georgia and have spread into Florida. More than 300,000 acres have burned in both states.

The wildfire that raced through the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia and into Florida was started by lightning more than a week ago.

By Sunday night, it had burned 102,500 acres in Florida and was 30 percent contained. Georgia reported 41 wildfires in the state covering 267,136 acres.

Officials were also fighting a series of other, smaller fires throughout the state.

The fire burning in southeast Georgia and Florida started May 5 in the middle of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It took just six days to grow larger than another wildfire that has burned nearly 121,000 acres of Georgia forest and swampland over more than three weeks. The smaller fire was started by a tree falling on a power line.

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and Georgia's Steven C. Foster State Park inside it remained closed.

Haze from the fires has traveled as far south as the Miami area, about 340 miles away.


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1 posted on 05/14/2007 12:45:21 PM PDT by Cagey
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To: Rb ver. 2.0; MotleyGirl70; Larry Lucido

2 posted on 05/14/2007 12:45:59 PM PDT by Cagey
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” They’r hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!!!!”


3 posted on 05/14/2007 12:46:34 PM PDT by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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It’s awful. The first thing I thought of was the old joke about “no tern left unstoned”.


4 posted on 05/14/2007 12:47:03 PM PDT by DeFault User
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MJ smoke ????


5 posted on 05/14/2007 12:48:10 PM PDT by clamper1797 (The Democrats are the party of bread & circuses)
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To: Cagey

Who says second-hand smoke isn’t dangerous?


6 posted on 05/14/2007 12:48:10 PM PDT by VRWCmember (Go Rudy Go! (And take McCain with you!))
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To: Cagey

The birds in Texas seem to handle the smoke that blows in here often in spring from all the fires in Mexico and Central America...or perhaps the deaths just go unreported due to political correctness.


7 posted on 05/14/2007 12:48:20 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: Cagey
Payback Time
8 posted on 05/14/2007 12:50:16 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Cagey
What is so bad about smoked birds?


9 posted on 05/14/2007 12:50:36 PM PDT by dirtboy (A store clerk has done more to fight the WOT than Rudy.)
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To: TexasCajun

LOL! That is a great commercial.


10 posted on 05/14/2007 12:52:02 PM PDT by Cagey
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The smoke wiped out the whole flock:


11 posted on 05/14/2007 12:52:18 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
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Boy THAT one is really a callback. ROFL. Made my day.


12 posted on 05/14/2007 12:54:20 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Cagey

13 posted on 05/14/2007 12:54:56 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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"Birds Dropping From Sky, Flying Into Buildings After Exposure To Smoke..."

I dont care.

14 posted on 05/14/2007 12:57:35 PM PDT by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: Cagey

Now, that’s some serious “second-hand smoke!”


15 posted on 05/14/2007 12:57:44 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Cagey

Cheers! I remember that episode, it was one of the funniest scenes I ever saw. Click the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZByndN_ffyw&mode=related&search=


16 posted on 05/14/2007 12:58:38 PM PDT by moose2004 (You Can Run But You Can't Hide!)
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To: KarlInOhio

...don’t ya know those are suppose to be ‘Drunk Chickens”, using your favorite flavor beer to flavor and moisten those babies.


17 posted on 05/14/2007 12:59:24 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: moose2004

OMG I LOVE that episode ... I’m copying that to my ipod asap.


18 posted on 05/14/2007 1:02:05 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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"Video showed birds slamming head-first into buildings and glass in Broward and Miami-Dade counties."

Hmm, birds flying headfirst. HOW else are they supposed to fly? Backwards?

19 posted on 05/14/2007 1:03:49 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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To: moose2004

OMG I LOVE that episode ... I’m copying that to my ipod asap.


20 posted on 05/14/2007 1:06:22 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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