300 Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Alabama

[bash]

An estimated 300 dead birds have been found on the side of the I-65 highway in Alabama, WAFF News reports. According to wildlife biologist Bill Gates, the birds are grackles, a common black bird, one of the same species reported in the past weeks to have been found dead in mass quantities in other nearby states like Arkansas, Louisiana and Kentucky.

Gates told WAFF that the feathers scattered across the location suggest trauma, and he believes a semi-truck or other vehicle may be responsible for their death. Samples are being sent to the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin to run a series of tests to determine what caused the mass bird deaths, as disease or poisoning could also be to blame.

Over 100 birds were found dead on the side of a California highway this past weekend, and a collision with a big rig is also believed to be responsible for that incident. One witness allegedly saw the incident and said "it looked like they were committing suicide."

The reported incidents of mass animal deaths come on the heels of similar incidents cited around the world, which first gained widespread media attention when thousands of black birds fell dead from the sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, following a nearby mass fish kill in the week prior. A few days after that, hundreds of similar birds were reported dead 300 miles away in Louisiana. Mysterious bird deaths were also reported in nearby Kentucky.

The incidents aren't isolated to the United States, as hundreds of birds were reported dead in Italy, and dozens of dead jackdaws were also found littering a town in Sweden. Massive fish kills were also recently reported in Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand, and 40,000 dead crabs were reported to wash ashore on England's beaches.

Various reasons have been given by officials for the numerous incidents, which they say are unrelated. Fireworks are said to be the likely cause of many of the bird deaths in the U.S., with unusually cold weather also pinned as a possible suspect. Officials in Italy believe the hundreds of birds found dead there died from indigestion due to overeating. Many of the fish kills and the thousands of dead crabs have been suspected to be caused by cold temperatures as well.

The AP reports that mass animal deaths like these are not uncommon.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_808477.html

Video in link.

[bash]

More mass dead animals.

We try to ignore this one but it only gets worse… by now you would have learned of the thousands of fish washed up along the lakeshores, Chicago and 2 million washed up on the Chesepeake Bay, as well as, several other parts of the world.

100 tons of sardines, croaker, and small catfish washed-up dead at Brazil’s coastline. Thousands of fish died in Chesapeake Bay. Several hundred blackbirds, grackles and starlings died in Kentucky. Hundreds of the same species of black birds discovered dead in Arkansas died in Wilson County, in Tennessee. Swedish authorities are researching the cause behind 100 crows dying in Falkoping, Sweden. In New Zealand, hundreds of dead snapper fish washed ashore. In addition to lobster, starfish, anemone, and sponges, 40,000 Velvet Swimming Crabs died-off and washed ashore in the UK. In Sarnia, Ontario, Canada on the St. Clair River just across the border from Detroit, hundreds of shad fish washed-up dead. 70 bats died in Tuscon, Arizona. Also in New Zealand, Conservation Department officials report penguins, petrels and other seabirds dying-off in large numbers. In Vietnam, more than 150 tons of Talapia died on 41 separate river farms. 8,000 Turtle Doves fell from the sky in Faenza, Italy. 100 Pelicans died along the beaches of Topsail Island in North Carolina. 100’s of dead starfish and jellyfish washed-up on the shores of Charleston, South Carolina.

Now troubling part about all this is that scientist are unable to adequately explain whats going on.

The most common explanation among all of these cases is weather. The bats supposedly should have migrated to Mexico two months ago. The temperature of the Charleston Harbor dropped too much for the starfish and jellyfish. A cold snap in Ontario affected the fish in the St. Clair River. Extreme cold weather in the UK reportedly led to deaths of sea creatures there. For the other cases, scientists are still researching possible causes.

http://urbanislandz.com/2011/01/12/s...ainably-video/

Video at link.

[Kyaw]

It will be us soon enough.

[Enthroll]

Changes in Earth's magnetic field ? Could be possible... i know birds use that as a compass, but i don't know if that's the case with the fish as well?

[unicron7]

Science will explain this before anything else will. Heck, it has rained frogs/fish in other parts of the world and science eventually explained that.

[Icc]

zombie apocalypse!!!!

[DreDayDetox]

Relax guys, it's just M. Night making a sequel to the Happening.

[Rapture]

It is incredibly strange... Millions of animals don't just mysteriously die across the country for nothing. Call me crazy, but it could be a biological weapon being tested on certain species...

zombie apocalypse!!!!

If there was any kind of apocalypse, I seriously hope it's this one.

[Cloudie]

Ecc 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Or

Zephaniah 1:3 I will sweep away both men and animals; I will sweep away birds of the air and the fish of the sea.

[Roadside]

[unicron7]

Austin 3:16. 'cause stone cold said so.

unicron7 1:1 Thou willst bow to the all powerful flying spaghetti monster upon his return from the heavens. Birds and fish will fall from the skies. The seas will boil with pasta, and the moon will turn the hue of spaghetti sauce.

[Fenix]

It is incredibly strange... Millions of animals don't just mysteriously die across the country for nothing. Call me crazy, but it could be a biological weapon being tested on certain species...



If there was any kind of apocalypse, I seriously hope it's this one.

I didnt read it all, but wheres it say millions?

I only recall this, and those birds on january 1st - and the fish in december or so. o.O

We're only at like... 7000 fish/birds dead

[bash]

It is incredibly strange... Millions of animals don't just mysteriously die across the country for nothing. Call me crazy, but it could be a biological weapon being tested on certain species...



If there was any kind of apocalypse, I seriously hope it's this one.

It's happening around the world, not just US.

I didnt read it all, but wheres it say millions?

I only recall this, and those birds on january 1st - and the fish in december or so. o.O

We're only at like... 7000 fish/birds dead

2nd article video.

[BingBing]

so this is getting very weird

[Xelis]

Did anyone else watch FlashForward?

[squirrelbo1]

its just the start if the nazi robot zombies that are also vampires apocalypse.

[Rapture]

its just the start if the nazi robot zombies that are also vampires apocalypse.

Britain isn't too far from Germany.

BETTER BUILT A BOAT

[Funeralfog]

it's not like it was any good birds. if was Bald eagles or hawks then i'd be paranoid

[Darkrain]

The article says the birds were the same species that have been dying in other states. It will be interesting to see the lab results because it must be something specific to these birds.

[SchaffinOSX]

That's really odd. However, if you watch the part of the video where the specialist looks at the birds, he doesn't seem to show any sign of surprise. Though I can't see this being something that just happens here and there, it seemed to me that that was the case; sometimes a flock of birds get startled by something, and end up accidentally flying across a street or something like that and get hit. It sounds silly, but I'm taking the specialist's word over mine.

Oh, and by the way... Why does the image at the bottom of the post say December 12, 2012? I have a feeling that it's intended to refer to the end of the world........ which isn't December 12. It's Winter Solstice (Dec. 21) 2012.

[bash]

That's really odd. However, if you watch the part of the video where the specialist looks at the birds, he doesn't seem to show any sign of surprise. Though I can't see this being something that just happens here and there, it seemed to me that that was the case; sometimes a flock of birds get startled by something, and end up accidentally flying across a street or something like that and get hit. It sounds silly, but I'm taking the specialist's word over mine.

Oh, and by the way... Why does the image at the bottom of the post say December 12, 2012? I have a feeling that it's intended to refer to the end of the world........ which isn't December 12. It's Winter Solstice (Dec. 21) 2012.

Fixed.

[strikeforce69]

Crazy :S

[spyrde]

Where is Tut and UFOs?

[Danny2304]

Apparently It happens all the time all over the world. That's what I read a few days ago that nearly every country it happens because the animals it happens too are really delicate in their nature and it doesn't take much to kill them. Not a big deal, it's nature!

[SchaffinOSX]

Fixed.

Good.

@ Danny -- Seems like it. I only based my information off of what the specialist in the video said, but granted you heard likewise I'd say that's the case.