The Unexplained > Our Haunted Planet
Mystery of falling dead birds and masses of dead fish
Vulcan59:
--- Quote from: Galaxia2002 on April 30, 2012, 06:53:09 PM ---Hi Amarock you can found answers in this thread
http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,21220.0.html
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Post merged. :)
treesparrow:
Here we go again. I'm really dubious about the pesticide explanation given here. Why only certain species affected? Why did some suddenly fall out of the sky? It seems more likely that if they were poisoned they would slowly die on the ground after gradually loosing their ability to fly.
--- Quote ---Mystery of dozens of dead birds falling from the sky in New Jersey is solved as officials say farmer killed them on purpose
It's a sight that would send a shiver down most people's spines - dead birds plummeting from the sky for no apparent reason.
And when it's happened in the past, Americans have blamed secret government experiments, collisions with UFOs and even the start of the apocalypse.
But this time there is no conspiracy theory - officials in a small New Jersey community are pointing the finger at someone much closer to home.
When they first realised what had happened, the people living in the Cumberland County town of Millville were, understandably, left baffled. They said it was like something out of a film.
In one street alone residents found at least 80 birds - mostly red-winged blackbirds - on the ground dead having fallen from trees and the sky.
One neighbour even said she saw the birds falling out of the air.
'Crazy - something out of a movie,' Michelle Cavalieri, who saw the birds fall from the sky, told NBC.
The birds that fell in Millville caused a bloody mess on roadways in the residential neighbourhood.
Jim Sinclair said: 'They’d get up and try and fly and they were out of control so they'd crash and fall again. It was just strange.'
Animal control, public health officials and other emergency crews arrived the scene yesterday morning to try and find out exactly what happened.
The Cumberland County Public Information Officer Troy Ferus then revealed there wasn't an environmental cause for the birds' death.
Instead, he suggested it was something they ate - a double-strength granular pesticide put down legally by nearby Ingraldi Farms to stop birds eating its corn.
WHY ARE THOUSANDS OF BIRDS FALLING FROM THE SKY?
It is not the first time mass birds deaths have occurred on American soil.
Just before the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve 2010, thousands of birds started to rain down on the small town of Beebe, Arkansas.
Up to 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell in a short stretch no more than 800 yards wide, sprinkling roads, rooftops and lawns. In some places, the ground was turned almost black.
Officials initially blamed high-altitude hail or lightning hitting the birds. Then preliminary lab tests concluded they had died from 'multiple blunt force trauma', implying they had flown into something.
The prime suspect was New Year fireworks, which could have startled the birds from their roosts and send them crashing into houses, trees and each other.
The U.S. Geological Survey has said it knew of 16 cases over the past 20 years of large numbers of blackbirds dying at once. Investigators admit they may never discover what happened.
In a statement issued by Mr Ferus, he said: 'The Department of Health reports that on Monday evening Ingraldi Farms applied a granular pesticide intended and approved to cull birds, causing an unusually high volume of dead birds in the area of Ingraldi Farms and Whitemarsh Estates in Millville.
'The material used; Avitrol Double Strength Corn Chops (EPA reg. # 11649-5) is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and intended to be used for bird control for blackbirds, brewer's blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, red-winged blackbirds, rusty blackbird, starlings, and yellow-headed blackbirds.'
Officials have said Ingraldi Farms have previously used a ready to use liquid repellent intended to be used for bird control.
Ingraldi Farms is licensed through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to apply pesticides on their farms.
The company has been working with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife to alleviate the crop damage done by large flocks of birds.
It has estimated a crop loss of $15,000 so far, due to the birds eating their crops, NBC reported.
Bird specimens have been collected and are being sent to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Laboratory for testing.
'Preliminary investigation gives us the impression that... he had problems with birds,' said county spokesman Troy Ferus.
'He applied for and got a permit for a product that kills birds and that’s what it seems to have been effective at doing.'
Ingraldi Farms declined to comment to NBC.
Officials say the dead birds are not toxic but that any member of the public that encounters a dead bird should use gloves when picking it up and wash their hands thoroughly after handling and disposing of it.
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Video report -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188591/Mystery-dozens-dead-birds-falling-sky-New-Jersey-solved-officials-say-farmer-killed-purpose.html?ITO=1490
I'm just wondering if there was any meteor activity/strange sounds reported around this place at roughly this time?
treesparrow:
--- Quote ---Austria Starlings Collision Leaves Up To 100 Birds Dead On Highway
VIENNA (AP) — A mass collision between a flock of starlings and a car on a stretch of Austrian expressway has left up to 100 of the birds dead and the driver shaken but unhurt.
The Austria Press Agency says the birds suddenly flew from power lines above the multi-lane highway in western Austria downward and directly into the path of the car.
The report did not say how fast the car was traveling Monday, but the speed limit on Austria's autobahns is usually 130 kph — close to 80 mph.
The car sustained numerous dents. Cleanup crews quickly removed the dead birds.
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_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/austria-starlings-collision_n_1928466.html?utm_hp_ref=green
treesparrow:
Another strange incident without any easily explainable and believeable cause.(I wonder if there was any meteor activity at this location and approximate time frame?) Starling involved yet again. Looking over the past 2 years records of these type of events, the period leading up to the festive season and into the new year seem to show a concentration of records. Maybe we might be seeing them replaying all over again in the coming few months?
--- Quote ---Scientists baffled by dead birds in Missouri
Springfield, MO--"I can't think of any explanation for what happened." says Judy Carmicheal who lives just about a hundred feet from where a flock of starlings died. On Saturday she came out to see the birds dead in the road on Fremont and Erie Street away from power lines and trees.
"None were on the sidewalk. There weren't any in the grass. They were just all right there and I just about counted everyone." says Carmichael. She counted about 100 birds. Garrett Lane works along the intersection and when he showed up some of the birds were still alive.
"Most of the birds were standing right here just leaning up against the wall so when I walked up they wouldn't fly away so that was kind of odd to me. Why aren't the birds flying away--they just weren't able to fly." says Lane. There were no dead birds on his lawn. He doesn't know what happened to the birds that couldn't fly.
Biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation said in the winter starlings are usually in a flock for protection but they don't know what happened. "When a bad event happens it impacts the whole flock and in this case the mystery is what was that event." says Francis Skalicky with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
The event couldn't have been weather related since on Saturday morning conditions were mild and calm with a lot of sunshine. Theories are a truck could have hit the birds that were in the road. Also, something could have messed with a protective layer of oil on the bird's feathers. "If something gets on the feathers, it can disperse that oil and it can cause them to get hypothermia and die." says Skalicky.
Other theories are the birds could have died from exhaustion while migrating. These ideas are just speculations. The experts we spoke to disagreed with each other on what could have caused the deaths.
"If they were sick, they wouldn't all just die right then and there." says Carmichael.
Similar starling die offs have occurred in Arkansas. Scientists think fireworks caused the deaths but no one knows for sure. There were no reports of any booms or firework explosions on Saturday.
The Missouri Department of Conservation collected a few of the birds and put them in a freezer. It hopes to find some one to test the birds. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department only tests birds with rabies and doesn't plan to test these birds.
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Video report -
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/20146854/scientists-baffled-by-dead-birds
treesparrow:
--- Quote ---Dozens Of Dead Birds Discovered In Collin County
Animal Mystery in McKinney
There's an eerie scene in McKinney. There are dozens of dead birds lining White Avenue and Central Expressway.
An NBC 5 viewer emailed pictures of the dead birds to isee@nbcdfw.com.
We contacted the Collin County Game Wardens Office. A member came out and looked at that bird. While it was bleeding from it's mouth it had not been shot and appeared to die only recently.
By our count there are close to 50 dead birds, mostly Grackles, Starlings and Pigeons.
While this is a heavily traveled area, no one seems to know how or why the birds are dying.
The Collin County Game Warden's office visited had not received any calls about the birds prior to NBC 5 contacting them this afternoon.
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Video report -
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dozens-Of-Dead-Birds-Discovered-In-Collin-County-181763861.html
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