Posted on 01/03/2011 4:20:47 PM PST by TaraP
GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. — Near her car, a dead bird. A quick walk to her mailbox, another. Scattered across her front yard, a local woman discovered dozens of dead birds.
"I've never seen anything like it. Never," Sandy said of the discovery.
Sandy, who asked we not share her last name, first noticed the birds several days ago but cleaned them up, not thinking twice.
"I have outdoor pets and just assumed they were bringing them from around the neighborhood."
But when she noticed more birds Monday morning, she panicked, "I had just seen the story on the news about the birds in Arkansas and I was scared."
In fact, 3,000 blackbirds seemed to fall from the sky there- starting last Friday. Autopsies have since ruled out poisoning. One top biologist from Cornell University said the birds were "....probably asleep in a single tree when a washing machine-type thunderstorm sucked them up into the air, disoriented them, and even fatally soaked and chilled them."
Sandy was not sure what had lead the birds to her yard.
But, off the bat, wildlife biologist Kent Ozment said he was not too concerned.
"These birds are in the millions right now. Six birds out of a million really isn't that many."
While he couldn't say for sure, he guessed the birds simply succumbed to the elements, "Probably it was just some sort of winter stress."
While Sandy said she was releived to know it was nature-related, she still shuddered at the discovery.
"It's really creepy."
Local 6 checked in with several other fish and wildlife outlets and even some of Sandy's neighbors. No other birds have been discovered or reported.
Has anyone ever heard of this happening before??????
One top biologist from Cornell University said the birds were “....probably asleep in a single tree when a washing machine-type thunderstorm sucked them up into the air, disoriented them, and even fatally soaked and chilled them.”
We have all heard about ‘raining cats & dogs’ which is probably a reference to severe tornado activity.
As for the ‘top Cornell scientist’ he is just guessing about the birds. Red-wing blackbirds flock in the millions and don’t ‘sit in trees waiting for bad weather’. They take flight in advance of barometric pressure changes.
Is there a military base or military weapons research center nearby?
Must be globull smarming, the lack of health care in America, racism and the Tea Party. There is no other explanation.
I don’t believe so...
“Alkaida missed and got the birds.”
My thoughts were somebody is experimenting before they let it out over a large populated area...
I heard that today on the way home from work. my first thought was: so, those 100k fish that died at the same time must have been flying fish.
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It would be nice if some civic minded citizen would gather several specimens and take them to a private lab for doing a necropsy, so that someone can determine a cause of death.
I note in the recent case, government officials were not just picking up samples, but picking them all up. I wonder if anyone thought to gather a few of their own. The government said it was safe and then sent people in hazmat suits to pick up the birds.
The “explanations” for these bird deaths border on outright bullcrap. Why not run out the usual “it was a weather balloon”, too?
The article said dozens. The professor guessing at what happened said six.
Sounds like horses patooties to me.
As long as they are not canaries, we’ll be okay.
Yet more!
Hundreds of dead blackbirds found near New Roads
LABARRE, La. - Around 500 dead blackbirds and starlings have been found in Pointe Coupee Parish, according to state wildlife officials.
The birds were spotted lying in roads and ditches near Labarre Elementary School. The community is between Morganza and New Roads on Highway 10.
Scientists from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have been sent out to collect samples, which will be sent for testing to the University of Georgia and National Wildlife Center in Wisconsin.
This comes after about 5,000 blackbirds and swallows were found dead around Beebe, Ark. on New Year’s Eve. Dr. Jim LaCour with LDWF said he’s not sure the two incidents are connected.
http://www.wbrz.com/news/hundreds-of-dead-blackbirds-found-near-new-roads/
Like one FReeper said, “It’s starting to look like a Stephen King novel.”
Perhaps Hitler’s infamy is alive and well. His minions are privately practicing on one type of bird, next it will be one type of rodent, then one type of domestic animal, then one type of US!!
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