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Arkansas game officials probe mystery of falling birds
(5,000) update.
CNN ^
| Jan 2nd, 2011
Posted on 01/02/2011 2:40:21 PM PST by TaraP
CNN) -- Arkansas game officials hope testing scheduled to begin Monday will solve the mystery of why up to 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve.
The birds -- most of which were dead -- were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said. The blackbirds fell over about a one-mile area, the commission said in a statement.
As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 blackbirds had been found dead, said Keith Stephens with the commission.
"Shortly after I arrived, there were still birds falling from the sky," said commission wildlife officer Robby King in the statement. He said he collected about 65 dead birds
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KEYWORDS: arkansas; birds; deadbirds; doooomed
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To: TaraP
Women and minorities hardest hit.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:24:24 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
("I'd rather lose fighting for the right cause than win fighting for the wrong cause." - Jim DeMint)
To: Ben Hecks
Its nott the fall thar killed them, it was the sudden stop at the end.....
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:24:43 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing to something right.)
To: TaraP
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/48485/
To: TaraP
44
posted on
01/02/2011 3:26:25 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing to something right.)
To: NorwegianViking
Hundreds of thousands of fish die along 20 mile acre area From Ozark to Clarksville in Arkansas
I'm familiar with miles and acres, but how big is a mile acre?
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:27:41 PM PST
by
Ellendra
(Profanity is the mark of a conversational cripple.)
To: TaraP
I am anxious to start a conspiracy. Can anybody tell me if Beebe voted for Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin?
To: PLMerite
Raining birds. Better than hailing taxicabs.
Ill be in town all week.
That's going to be a really tough post to beat.
And since I'm feeling really lazy, I'm just going to post a Hitchcock reference and move to another thread.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:35:26 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
To: TaraP
Arkansas game officials find answer to mystery of falling birds (5,000) update.:
Gravity
To: TaraP
I saw this happen on a much smaller scale about two years ago.
There is an area where black birds collect for some reason next to a busy bridge.
Lightning caused it.
49
posted on
01/02/2011 3:37:49 PM PST
by
AGreatPer
(Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
To: The Comedian
When the birds start whistling “Deutschland über alles”, you know you’re in trouble.
50
posted on
01/02/2011 3:38:41 PM PST
by
Publius
(No taxation without respiration.)
To: lonevoice
Wowser. When I pinged you to the first article this morning about this, it was 1,000 birds. Now theyre saying its 4,000-5,000 birds. Sounds like the birds were all DemocRATS and the state run "media" took over the counting again.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:40:58 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
("The Dems have a 'war room' for everything but war..." - Dennis Miller)
To: TaraP
Somebody fed ‘em dried beans?
Wait. That’s supposed to make ‘em explode—not fall from the sky. Oh, and it’s what I’ve been told about pigeons, the dumbest birds, and not black birds.
52
posted on
01/02/2011 3:41:07 PM PST
by
petitfour
(Are you a Dead Fish American?)
To: AGreatPer
What about the 20 Miles of dead fish they found in the Arkansas River?
53
posted on
01/02/2011 3:41:45 PM PST
by
TaraP
(An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
To: The Comedian
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:47:14 PM PST
by
TaraP
(An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
To: petitfour
Somebody fed em dried beans?
Wait. Thats supposed to make em explodenot fall from the sky. Oh, and its what Ive been told about pigeons, the dumbest birds, and not black birds. I heard it's Seagulls and Alka-Seltzer. They can't fart.
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
01/02/2011 4:00:05 PM PST
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: Tucker39
My first thought was wow 5000 good black birds.
To: TaraP
About a month ago I had so many black birds land in front of my house and several others I took a picture of it. It was thousands and they were traveling together. They were after something on the ground to eat it seems and they left.
To: TaraP
They’re not dead, just restin.
58
posted on
01/02/2011 4:03:51 PM PST
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bailout)
To: eastforker
See my last post that is what my yard looked like.
To: TaraP
"What about the 20 Miles of dead fish they found in the Arkansas River?"
We see that all the time here from overflowing old coal mines. Just happened last year on the Susquehanna River. They never identified which mine.
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posted on
01/02/2011 4:07:09 PM PST
by
AGreatPer
(Voting for the crazy conservative gave us Ronald Reagan....Ann Coulter)
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