Flocks of birds dying

[SolkaTruesilver]

After the confirmed discovery of 2 more flocks found dead with apparently no reason, one of them happening in Sweden (I think) and the confirmation that about 100,000 drumfishes were found dead in Arkansas not long before the birds died, I think we can safely say:

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!



Aliens? Biblical Signs? Government Weapon test? Change in Magnetic Polarisation?

[colmquinn]

Fireworks startling the birds works for me, lots of fireworks this time of year.

(But then again the lights in the sky I saw in the past were just some swamp gas reflected off the planet venus or so the nice man in the military uniform told me anyway).

[SolkaTruesilver]

Ya know, the Firework explanation worked for me when I heard about the 1st flock.

It also worked for me when I heard about the 2nd dead flock.

When I heard about the 3rd and 4th, I started getting a little cranky. I mean, we are blowing up fireworks for how many years, and how many times have we have entire flocks suddenly die because of it?

And then I heard about the fishes also dying en masse, and I decided to take refuge and/or comfort with my favourite bunch of paranoid internet posters: you people.

[Graham Kennedy]

Some sort of diseases, most likely, I would guess.

[Mark]

Its the Aflockalypse!

[Griffin]

Its the Aflockalypse!

[SolkaTruesilver]

Some sort of diseases, most likely, I would guess.

I think people already ruled out the diseases, as it wouldn't kill the whole flock instaneously, in the middle of a flight.

[Sonic Glitch]

Due to a lack of any sort of "real" explanation, I guess it is time to fall back on the standard answer we used in Physics class: Black Magic!

[Mark]

[Mikey]

Obviously, the birds all ran into black helicopters.

Methane pockets, etc., could also account for it, but that's not nearly as reactionary or panicky.

[SolkaTruesilver]

Obviously, the birds all ran into black helicopters.

Pff.. what a load of crap.

They probably simply were smitten by the clone of the Archangel Michel.

[Tyyr]

The fish were most likely disease as it was mostly one species. The birds, I dunno.

Remember, it's not that this has never happened before, it's just that in the last five years we've plugged into an information deluge and many media outlets feel the need to grab anything and everything to throw at us to keep our attention.

[SolkaTruesilver]

The fish were most likely disease as it was mostly one species. The birds, I dunno.

Remember, it's not that this has never happened before, it's just that in the last five years we've plugged into an information deluge and many media outlets feel the need to grab anything and everything to throw at us to keep our attention.

I still have a hard time remembering when that many flocks all died in such similar manner so remote from each other.

But yhea, I don't rule out coincidence. I think I'll only start to panick when we'll reach 6 flocks.

[Sionnach Glic]

This article might shed some light on it.

(CNN) -- The thousands of birds that fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve in Arkansas likely died from massive trauma, according to a preliminary report released Monday.

The birds, most of which were dead when they were found, were red-winged blackbirds and starlings. They were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said.

Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the commission, said the birds showed evidence of trauma in the breast tissue, with blood clots in the body cavity and a lot of internal bleeding. All major organs were normal.

He cited a preliminary report conducted by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

"Further tests will be done to rule out other causes, but the birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death. There was no sign of any chronic or infectious disease," the report said, according to the game and fish commission.

As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 birds had been found dead, said Stephens.

Karen Rowe, an ornithologist for the game and fish commission, said the incident is not that unusual and is often caused by a lightning strike or high-altitude hail.

A strong storm system moved through the state earlier in the day Friday. Officials also speculated that fireworks shot by New Year's revelers in the area might have caused severe stress in the birds.

Blackbirds do not normally fly at night, and it was not immediately clear what caused the odd behavior. Loud noises were reported shortly before the birds began falling, according to the game and fish commission.

"The birds obviously hit something very hard and had hemorrhages," said Rowe.

"Initial examinations of a few of the dead birds showed trauma. Whether or not this trauma was from the force of hitting the ground when they fell or from something that contacted them in the air, we don't know," she said.

In a seemingly separate incident, some 500 red-winged blackbirds, starlings and grackles were found dead in southern Louisiana in Labarre.

The birds showed no evident trauma, according to Jim LaCour, a veterinarian with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Samples have been sent to Wisconsin and Georgia for testing, he said.

CNN

[Mikey]

Obviously, the birds all ran into black helicopters.

Pff.. what a load of crap.

They probably simply were smitten by the clone of the Archangel Michel.

I did nothing of the sort.