The Unexplained > Our Haunted Planet
Mystery of falling dead birds and masses of dead fish
treesparrow:
--- Quote ---Experts Investigate Dead Birds
Moss Landing, Calif. -Sea shells and crabs are usually found along the shore, but in Moss Landing people say a different animal is stinking up the beach.
"Last week, [There was] clear beach, clear skies, beautiful weather. Now what do I see? There are carcasses on the beach. Why?" said Michael Kasclica, who lives in Watsonville and walks frequently at Moss Landing Harbor beach.
At the edge of Sandholdt Road in Moss Landing is a graveyard for a variety of rotting birds.
"It's despicable and it is definitely unusual," said Kasclica.
People walking along the beach said they found a half dozen birds on both sides of the beach and are alarmed by the sheer number and variety of dead birds.
Both the California Department of Fish and Game and the SPCA Wildlife Center came to check out the dead birds. The departments don't know what killed them and called the scene out of the ordinary. "The concern is the amount of birds and the location where they're at. It's hard for them to wash a shore this high up," said Warden Sarah Weimer of the California Department of Fish and Game.
"There are a lot of them. A necropsy will show if there are any gun wounds or any human infliction of injury. But otherwise, it looks like something else is going on," said Jessica Shipman, the interim SPCA Wildlife Center supervisor.
SPCA interim Wildlife supervisor said it seems something in the water killed the birds.
"The fish eat the toxic algae and the birds eat the contaminated fish. Their bodies can't handle that," said Shipman.
Most of the dozen birds were taken to biologists at the Department of Fish and Game in Monterey to be tested. The Department of Fish and Game said test results will show the cause of death. Experts do not suspect any human foul play.
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What makes this report a little more interesting is the variety of bird species found dead (or so I'd have it).
Video clip -http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/16636009/experts-investigate-dead-birds
treesparrow:
Another mass starling die off event.
--- Quote ---Dead Birds Cause Mess On I-95 In Laurel
LAUREL, Md. (CBSDC) — A scene out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie played out in real life along Interstate 95 in Maryland on Wednesday.
About a hundred dead birds were scattered across a stretch of the highway in Laurel near exit 33, likely victims of an impact with a vehicle.
“[European] Starlings are birds the fly around in pretty good size flocks,” said David Hellmeyer of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources told All-News 99.1 WNEW.
Hellmeyer said it’s pretty uncommon, but not unheard of for that species to be struck by vehicles.
The mess caused heavy congestion just before the afternoon rush got underway around 3 p.m. Some drivers says the delays spanned miles.
State highway officials were able to respond and clean up the mess fairly quickly.
The birds have been collected for testing to confirm the trauma was the cause of death.
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Some indeed, may have been hit by a truck (or trucks). If that's the case then what might have impaired their flying abilities so much that they couldn't avoid colliding with the vehicles? In normal circumstances a fast flying and manoeuvrable species flock like this would not get hit by traffic. An isolated sick or injured individual, yes maybe, but a large number like this ? I seriously doubt it.
edit - link -http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/02/15/alfred-hitchcock-movie-comes-to-life-in-laurel-dead-birds-cause-mess-on-i-95/
treesparrow:
--- Quote ---Dozens of birds mysteriously drop dead on UCF campus
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —
Dozens of birds are mysteriously dropping dead on the campus of the University of Central Florida.
Students have reported the dead birds near the music building, and the incident is still a big mystery.
The assumption is perhaps the birds see the reflections of the trees in the windows and they fly right into them.
The windows are about eight feet long and cover a large portion of the building.
"It's sad they're flying into the building," said UCF student Megan Robinson.
"I don't know. It's pretty bizarre. It's like a weird Alfred Hitchcock movie or something," said student Adam Hull.
University officials won't go that far in their assessment of the situation.
A school spokesman told WFTV this sort of thing happens often and everywhere, especially during migration periods.
"Birds are known to do that. They're kind of stupid," said Hull.
The dead birds haven't caused any sort of health hazard.
A spokeswoman with Orange County Animal Services said there's nothing the agency can do about the situation.
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Video clip -
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/dozens-birds-mysteriously-drop-dead-ucf-campus/nLPSm/
Amarock:
On the beaches of Peru was discovered more than 500 dead pelicans, said on Monday, April 30, BBC News. The birds were found in the regions of Piura and Lambayeque in the north-east. Lenta.ru 09:18
More than 200 pelicans were found dead on the beaches of the northern coast of Peru, the causes of their deaths has not yet established, reports the Sunday TV Univision. The dead birds were found in approximately the same locations where the bodies were previously found nearly 900 dolphins. RIA Novosti 8:11
Dead birds and animals were observed along the northern coastline for 70 kilometers. Zoologists who conducted the examination, came to the conclusion that the pelicans and sea lions were killed several days ago.
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What are you think about it? :cry:
Galaxia2002:
Hi Amarock you can found answers in this thread
http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,21220.0.html
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