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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-14-82180160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There is a BBC item on this available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12106315 Over a thousand blackbirds (including redwings) fell from the sky. The jury is out on the cause of death. Possibilities include lightning, high-altitude hail, and New Year's eve fireworks (causing the birds to die from stress). Some of the birds have been sent for testing to try and determine cause of death. On 3-Jan-11, at 7:20 AM, Gayle MacLean wrote: > Know this is off-topic to the intent of this group but it is a > nature question, though not within NS. > Just watching the news report from Beebe, Arkansas about the many > (looked like, anyway) Red-winged Blackbirds that were found dead > all over their town one morning. > Some have surmised that somehow there might have been mass confusion > within the flock while in the air, for some reason, and they flew > into each other causing their deaths. > Anyone have any theories as to why and how, something like this can > happen? > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > --Apple-Mail-14-82180160 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">There is a BBC item on this = available at:<div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12106315">http://www.bbc= .co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12106315</a></div><div><br></div><div>Over a = thousand blackbirds (including redwings) fell from the sky. The = jury is out on the cause of death. Possibilities include lightning, = high-altitude hail, and New Year's eve fireworks (causing the birds to = die from stress). Some of the birds have been sent for testing to try = and determine cause of death.</div><div><br><div><div>On 3-Jan-11, at = 7:20 AM, Gayle MacLean wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><table = cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td = valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><div>Know this is off-topic to = the intent of this group but it is a nature question, though not within = NS.</div> <div>Just watching the news report from Beebe, Arkansas about = the many (looked like, anyway) Red-winged Blackbirds that = were found dead all over their town one morning. </div> <div>Some have = surmised that somehow there might have been mass confusion within the = flock while in the air, for some reason, and they flew into each = other causing their deaths.</div> <div>Anyone have any theories as to = why and how, something like this can happen?</div> <div> </div> = <div>Gayle MacLean</div> = <div>Dartmouth</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote></div><br><= /div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-14-82180160--
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