The Birds (WTF is going on?)

[jefXfree]

More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky in Ark.

BEEBE, Ark. -- Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 black birds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night. The birds fell over a 1-mile area of Beebe, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area.

Commission ornithologist Karen Rowe said the he birds showed physical trauma, and she speculated that "the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail."

The commission said that New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks in the area could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.

Robby King, a wildlife officer for the agency, collected about 65 dead birds, which will be sent for testing to the state Livestock and Poultry Commission lab and the National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison, Wis.

Rowe said that similar events have occurred elsewhere and that test results "usually were inconclusive." She said she doubted the birds were poisoned.

 

[jefXfree]

Dead Birds Fall From Sky AGAIN In Louisiana, 300 Miles From Arkansas Incident Days Earlier

Around 500 dead birds have fallen from the sky in Louisiana, found scattered along a quarter-mile portion of highway in Point Coupee Parish, the AP reports. The discovery is approximately 300 miles south of Beebe, Arkansas, where just days earlier thousands of the same species of birds also fell from the sky.

Initial tests conducted by biologists on the red-winged blackbirds and starlings found in Arkansas revealed that the birds suffered internal injuries that formed deadly blood clots. Countless explanations have been speculated, from intense high-altitude weather like lightning or hail to disturbance from fireworks. Disease and poison were determined to be far less likely causes, though full test results won't rule them out until next week.

"There was probably some physical reason, but I doubt anyone will ever know what it was," Thurman Booth, Arkansas' wildlife services director, told CBS.

The latest occurrence of more dead birds turning up in Louisiana only compounds local residents' worries, as in the week prior to the Arkansas blackbird mystery, 83,000 dead drum fish washed up along a river about 100 miles west of Beebe. Wildlife officials claim the incidents are not related.

A Kentucky woman also reported finding dead birds in her yard Monday, though numbering far less in the dozens.

 

[jefXfree]

Dead Doves Fall From The Sky In Italy

More dead bird news.

This time, thousands of turtle doves have fallen from the sky in Italy leaving the streets and trees covered in dead or dying birds.

Most of the dead doves had some kind of a blue stain on their beaks.
This news is ALARMING to say the least and while it isn't cause for mass hysteria (yet).

Experts suggest that the blue stains found in mouths of the dead and dying birds in Italy could be the result of poisoning or possibly signs of hypoxia.
Both the local forest service and the WWF in Faenza have sent some of the dead birds for testing, but the results likely won't be available for at least a week.

 

[Glen-BoB]

and glowing rivers here in Canada. The world isn't suppose to come to an end until next year for chrissake.

 

[jefXfree]

Thousands Of Dead Crabs Wash Up On UK's Shore

Birds, Fish, now tens of thousands of dead crabs that have washed ashore the Thanet Coast in the UK.

The BBC reports that this is the third year massive amounts of dead devil crabs have washed up on shore.

Experts believe cold weather is to blame for the massive crab deaths.
Tests conducted in past years have turned up no results for disease or similar problems, leaving the cause an unexplained mystery, though hypothermia is conjectured.

 

[Horhay]

wtf?! is that real GB? lol it looks so real yet so fake

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I bet if someone dips in that river they become mutated lol

 

[digitalbabe]

I heard about this and and since I am usually in some movie in my mind, I thought "freaky, sounds like it's straight from a sci-fi flick like "2012", "Day After Tomorrow". Very odd...hopefully there is some factual explanation down the road....

 

[mobius387]

last time a bunch of birds dropped dead, it was because of a virus. West Nile to be exact.

there was a decrease in the number of cases in West Nile in 2009. They thought this was due to birds becoming more immune to the virus. I havent seen numbers for 2010.

not saying for sure this is west nile, as there has not been any cases about WNV in fish/crabs. but it could be a virus yet to be identified. all i know, is that if this was happening in WI, i wouldnt be going anywhere near those birds.

supposedly, labs in Madison, WI said that the birds in Ark died due to "stress induced causes" (i.e. a heart attack).

i still say the jury is out on this one.

 

[jefXfree]

Map showing the massive amounts of animals dying: Here.

 

[the_ps_hero]

and glowing rivers here in Canada. The world isn't suppose to come to an end until next year for chrissake.

tracing dye plumbers use for leaks in pipe's or any toxtic waste dumping....one 300ml bottle of that will turn the river green for those who don't know

 

[Glen-BoB]

tracing dye plumbers use for leaks in pipe's or any toxtic waste dumping....one 300ml bottle of that will turn the river green for those who don't know

what he said. yes, it is real. some assclowns ruined this perfectly awesome salmon habitat. hopefully it will recover.

 

[49ergirl]

Wow, this thread is creepy as hell. Damn, I better start going to church again!

 

[jefXfree]

Dead birds litter Quebec farm

A farmer in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has found about 80 dead pigeons on his farm 20 kilometres west of Quebec City. Sylvain Turmel first noticed the dead birds in his field on Dec. 18.

"I found two dead birds in the morning, which is normal, birds sometimes die," he said. "But when I came back one hour later, another 25 had fallen," said Turmel. "In the time it took me to pick them up, five more fell to the ground!"

Turmel called police and the fire department. They couldn't provide him with any answers, but he said while they were there, more birds fell to their deaths.

He said wildlife officials with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources collected the birds for analysis but they are also stumped.

"All they can tell me is that it's not avian influenza, it's not the West Nile virus, and it's not poison," which is what officials suspected at first.

"It won't stop. I'm finding more [dead] birds every day." Turmel said that after they fall the pigeons usually remain on the ground for one or two hours before dying.

Phenomenon not unusual: expert

David Bird, a wildlife biologist at McGill University in Montreal, said he's been receiving a lot of phone calls about the phenomenon.

In recent days thousands of birds have suddenly and inexplicably died in the United States and Sweden.

In one small town in Arkansas, more than 4,000 red-winged blackbirds dropped out of the sky on New Year's Eve, littering cars, homes and lawns.

"First of all, it's not a biblical curse. It's not a death ray from an alien space ship," said Bird, noting the incidents have created a type of hysteria.

He said the phenomenon is much more common than people realize.

"There are many cases where birds get hit by hailstorms or get lost in the fog and they die of starvation and they just fall dead out of the sky."

Bird said each incident likely has its own unique cause, and there's no need for people to panic.

"I think this is a case where it's just coincidental … and people are trying to link them together."

 

[jefXfree]

Yeah. It makes sense that thousands of birds are dying thousands of miles away... It's all coincidental... IDK what's going on, but it certainly doesn't seem like it's just random.

 

[mobius387]

stupid aliens. think they can fool us by taking human form and pretending to be a bird "expert"; then you pick a last name of BIRD for the disguise??!?!

HAHA i say!

proof that this is all due to aliens.

 

[jefXfree]

Birds Fall From Sky In California, Thousands Of Dead Fish Found In Chicago

Over 100 birds were found dead along a California highway this past weekend, and thousands of dead fish were reported along Chicago's lakefront prior to that. A smaller incident of around 30 dead birds was also reported in Missouri.

According to the AP, the dead birds found along Highway 101 in California "were intact and had not been shot." Thousands of gizzard shad, a member of the herring family, were found dead in Chicago's harbors, many floating in ice, The Sun-Time reports. Even more abnormal, according to wildlife experts, was the sight of Canada geese and mallards munching on the dead fish, something not ordinarily a part of their diet.

California and Illinois join countless other states that have seen mass animal deaths in the past weeks. Thousands of dead birds and fish were reported in Arkansas within 100 miles of each other, and then days later hundreds more dead birds turned up 300 miles away in Louisiana. Reports of similar incidents continued, with dead birds turning up Kentucky and millions of dead fish appearing in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.

The incidents haven't been isolated to the U.S., as hundreds of dead birds were discovered in Italy, and dozens of birds fell from the sky in Sweden. Massive fish kills were reported in Brazil and New Zealand, while England experienced an estimated 40,000 dead crabs washing onto its beaches.

Various wildlife officials attest that the events are unrelated, and are not uncommon. Multiple explanations have been suggested as likely causes for various incidents. Experts believe the dead birds in Italy suffered from indigestion after overeating, while fireworks have been blamed for bird deaths in Arkansas, Louisiana and Sweden. Unusually cold weather has been speculated as the culprit in many of the fish and crab deaths, with some suggesting the same for the bird incidents.

As for the latest reports of birds falling from the sky in California and dead fish washing ashore in Chicago, officials are currently uncertain as to what could be responsible.

 

[Wreck]

Birds travel together, therefore if they got some disease, they could perhaps then fall and die .... together.

 

[BlueCali]

Birds travel together, therefore if they got some disease, they could perhaps then fall and die .... together.

 

[jefXfree]

Pelicans Mysteriously Dying In Florida

Experts are trying to figure out what killed 12 pelicans and sickened 100 more near Jacksonville, Florida.

The birds are being rehabilitated at Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Sanctuary, but employees like Cindy Moseling are especially concerned with these mysterious deaths, saying:

"The last few days, we've had quite a bit of birds dying," Moseling said and continued:

"There's something on their feathers that's taking their ability to repel water. They've lost their protection from the cold."

She and other experts know something is wrong, but don't know what. Most likely, there is something in the water.

Moseling's words ring eerily in our minds as she says:
"The birds are telling us something. The birds are screaming as loud as they can, and no one's listening."

 

[Glen-BoB]

BIRDEMIC released on Blu today: