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Officials Say Raining Arkansas Blackbirds Were Targets of a Crime
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Posted on 01/02/2012 5:09:15 PM PST by ColdOne
BEEBE, Ark Blackbirds raining from the sky for the second New Year running over the town of Beebe, Ark. was more likely a criminal rather than a supernatural phenomenon.
The authorities in the small US town said Sunday the 200 or so dead birds littering the streets -- exactly a year after 4,000 plummeted to the ground sparking a media frenzy and apocalyptic prophesies -- were targeted.
In a statement, Genny Porter from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said, "We know that there was evidence of fireworks set off in the middle of the roost, and it wasn't a coincidence."
Most scientists eventually agreed the thousands of deaths last New Year were caused when the birds were spooked by fireworks and flew into buildings, trees and each other.
Police in Beebe rushed through an emergency ban on fireworks
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; napl
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To: JRandomFreeper
My depression era father-in-law (God rest his soul)
could wax eloquently on the cooking methods and taste difference
for several species of small birds including crows and robins.
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posted on
01/02/2012 6:28:15 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: saganite
Killing blackbirds is a crime? My dad used to sprinkle corn out by the barn, when the black birds flock to get it, one shot gun blast would kill a half dozen of them, then the cats came a runnin' when they heard the shot gun they knew it was supper time.
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posted on
01/02/2012 6:59:01 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Eccl 10 v. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
To: JRandomFreeper
I refuse to say whether or not I have tried any of them. I tried it but the danged feathers kept getting stuck in my teeth.
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posted on
01/02/2012 7:00:56 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Eccl 10 v. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
To: Graybeard58
How many cats could your dad get with one shot?
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posted on
01/02/2012 9:39:16 PM PST
by
matthew fuller
("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." Winston Churchill)
To: Fido969
They may only be killed when they are found committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance, Ain't seen a blackbird yet that didn't fill that bill.
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posted on
01/02/2012 9:43:10 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Nutrionally, you are what you eat. Politically, you are who you endorse.)
To: ColdOne; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
"Heads up!"
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posted on
01/02/2012 10:18:40 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Heh...love the graphic!
So...blackbirds are endangered now?
GOOD!
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posted on
01/03/2012 12:02:12 AM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB and an evil Capitalist.)
To: dixiechick2000
Been in your garden, have they?
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posted on
01/03/2012 12:15:18 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Nah...just don’t like ‘em.
I guess I’m a racist.
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posted on
01/03/2012 12:17:31 AM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB and an evil Capitalist.)
To: dixiechick2000
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posted on
01/03/2012 12:19:40 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: D-fendr
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posted on
01/03/2012 6:25:31 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/03/2012 6:27:14 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: Daffynition
Wow, cool picture, thanks.
That’s an incredible sight. I live in the woods and don’t get that view. I see them overhead in the trees. A tremendous cacophony and then.. silence, then a roar of wings as they move in waves.
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posted on
01/03/2012 6:33:27 AM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: D-fendr
Hope your car isn't under the trees! :)
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posted on
01/03/2012 6:37:13 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: elkfersupper
My only regret is that I can't figure out how to get hundreds of them at once without attracting attention and having to explain that I hate the things. Go to your local machine shop. Get iron filings. Mix with starling/grackle bait. Place near the infestation.
Don't expect instant results. The local population will drop, they dead birds won't all be in one place, nor will they drop at onetime. Toxicology tests, should anyone be so motivated, will be negative...
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posted on
01/03/2012 9:15:43 AM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1077 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: Slings and Arrows
Luv that photo. Sr71 of of my fav’s!
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posted on
01/03/2012 9:33:27 AM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: ColdOne
Magnificent machines, they were.
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posted on
01/03/2012 9:48:13 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Daffynition
Keep ‘em away from my car.
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posted on
01/03/2012 10:25:15 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: D-fendr; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/04/2012 7:40:36 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(*Pray for whatever passes for America these days* Amen. ~ ScottinVA)
To: null and void
“I’ve seen a horse fly and I’ve seen a house fly but I’ve never seen an elephant fly”
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posted on
01/04/2012 7:43:40 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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