Posted on 01/05/2011 10:39:40 AM PST by TaraP
STOCKHOLM (AFP) In a week that saw unexplained massive bird deaths in the southern United States, up to 100 birds were found lying in a snow-covered street in Sweden Wednesday, officials said.
"Most were dead," Christer Olofsson of rescue services in the southwestern town of Falkoeping said of the 50 to 100 jackdaw birds, a type of crow.
Ornithologist Anders Wirdheim said the find was surprising.
"This is unusual," he told tabloid Aftonbladet, which posted online a reader's photo of dozens of black birds littering a snow-covered road.
"They are probably jackdaws. They spend the winter in large flocks. If they are exposed to disturbances, they can become so stressed that they fly themselves to death," he said.
Olofsson told AFP the birds were first spotted around midnight by a police patrol, and that five had been taken in for analysis.
Olov Andersson of the National Veterinary Institute told news agency TT the carcasses would be analysed and that bacterial and viral tests, including for swine flu, would be performed.
The Falkoeping incident comes after two unexplained mass bird deaths in the United States.
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Jumping on a bandwagon always repulses me. There’s a reason for everything and I guess we’ll find out when we find out.
If I recall, it seems all these birds died after dark, surprising since birds like these don’t fly at night.The ones in Arkansas I figured were all at roost when they died.Maybe there is some new bird disease going around that hasn’t been isolated yet, wierd.
I sure don’t know what’s causing all of this, but I don’t believe in coincidences.
We may never know the cause(s), because unfortunately, the scientific and political communities no longer have credibility.
LOL, Peter Griffin at the forefront of things as usual!
Global warming of course.
Never mind the bitter cold temperatures.
There were no Massive Birds, back then.
Despite the Flintstones testimony to the contrary.
“Were they dead or just pining for the fjords?”
They’re shagged out after a long squawk.
YES! And, media is downplaying it!
Not only that but they wouldn’t tell ya even if they did know. If this is some kind of virus or poison floating around in the wind, do you think they would tell us the truth?
Oh, I know that ‘global warming’ is a bunch of hooey, and the the enviro-nazis would do whatever it takes to further their agenda. I’m certainly not swayed into thinking these incidents have ANY merit as far as they are concerned.
However, this whole thing about mass deaths of birds and fish in various places around the world....it just strikes me as disturbingly creepy.
I'm working on this theory, so far , I can report, none of them had any money on them....
Btw- they're quite tasty roasted on a stick over an open fire.
Hogwash, I've lived long enough to have lived thru many climate extremes & this has never happened before!!
Just like plane crashes. Planes crash all the time. No one cares. But when a big one goes down, you hear about all the little ones the following week or so.
In looking at the end-time plagues in Revelation, I don’t see “massive bird deaths” listed anywhere. So, no...I don’t think He has anything to do with it.
When do we hear the facts on these birds. . .and fish. . .and the green waters coarsing. . .
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