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Evidence found this year that birds were deliberately targeted with fireworks - Between 4,000 and 5,000 dead birds fall from sky in Arkansas, also som

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Test results need to be posted. I am glad he is honest.

It should be a specific and reasonable process.

For sure, with the jokes and the authoritarian coolness combined with a lack of urgency from health and wildlife authorities makes pathogenic response in rural areas like this appear incompetent and unorganized, in the face of what are real threats reasonably known to be approaching.

Arkansas is a major poultry production region.

Not discussing legitimate concerns just exposes a underlying fear and a propensity for downgrading of real issues and also provides what could be a foundation for dishonesty in a real emergency.

Soothing the public and CYA shouldn't be the primary objective in news presentation. IMHO.
 
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Officials probe 'unusual' mass deaths of birds in two states

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(CNN) -- Some of the nation's top experts Tuesday were looking for clues into sudden, mass deaths of birds in two states over New Year's weekend.

"This one is unusual because of the time period over which so many birds died," said LeAnn White, a field investigator with the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin...

...the sudden deaths are quite unusual. "It's kind of a freak event," said Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation for the National Audubon Society. "You just don't see these kinds of mass deaths very frequently at all."

At this time of year, blackbirds are in huge roosts, particularly throughout the southeastern United States, he said. They generally don't fly at night...

The experts CNN spoke with saw nothing surprising in there being a similar report of bird deaths in Louisiana. "It's another one of those coincidences," said White, adding, "I'm really interested to see if there's anything that could possibly be related.

Full text:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/04/arkansas.bird.mystery/
 
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Blackbird mystery deepens: more birds fall from sky in Louisiana


[Source: Christian Science Monitor, View Original Article. 1/04/11.]



Just days after more than 1,000 birds fall from the sky over Beebe, Ark., another batch of blackbirds has dropped in Pointe Coupee Parish, La. What's going on?

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Arkansas poultry industry takes big share of market [ http://deltafarmpress.com/arkansas-poultry-industry-takes-big-share-market ]

Arkansas is the nation?s second leading chicken producer, third in turkey production and eighth in table egg production. We produce more than 1.2 billion chickens, 29 million turkeys and 3.4 billion eggs per year.


I mean I hate to keep going on about this but its rather staggering. Just on the economic side - there is no rapid field testing procedure/response for probably the largest avian threat in a century in a state economically dependent on bird products?

They also seem to have no idea of what to look for ruling out infection of one of the most virulent bird pathogens, expected to show up anytime, in necropsy examination for a particular species?

I dont know - It just seems odd.
 
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Source: CBS News, Associated Press (AP) report [edited]
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Wildlife experts are trying to solve a mystery that evoked images of
the apocalypse: Why did more than 3000 red-winged blackbirds tumble
from the Arkansas sky shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve [31 Dec 2010]?

Scientists are investigating whether bad weather, fireworks, or
poison might have forced the birds out of the sky, or if a
disoriented bird simply led the flock into the ground.

"We have a lot more questions," said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist
with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. She said there are
documented cases of birds becoming confused and plunging to earth.

Separately, some 100 000 fish died last week in the Arkansas River in
the northwestern section of the state, the New York Daily News
reports. The drum fish were discovered Thursday [30 Dec 2010] across
more than 20 miles [32 km] of the river, fish and game officials
announced Sunday [2 Jan 2011]. Officials said they don't know what
killed the fish, but that contaminated water isn't likely to be the
cause because only one species was affected. The fish kill took place
only 125 miles [200 km] from the site of the mysterious falling birds.

Residents of the small town of Beebe, northeast of Little Rock, awoke
Saturday [1 Jan 2011] to find thousands of dead blackbirds littering
a 1.5-square-mile [4 sq km] area. The birds inexplicably dropped
dead, landing on homes, cars, and lawns. Cleanup crews wore
protective suits, gas masks, and rubber gloves as they spent the
holiday weekend [1-2 Jan 2011] gathering the carcasses.

The director of Cornell University's ornithology lab in Ithaca, New
York, said the most likely suspect is violent weather. It's probable
that thousands of birds were asleep, roosting in a single tree, when
a "washing machine-type thunderstorm" sucked them up into the air,
disoriented them, and even fatally soaked and chilled them.

"Bad weather can occasionally catch flocks off guard, blow them off a
roost, and they get hurled up suddenly into this thundercloud," lab
director John Fitzpatrick said.

Kevin McGowan, another Cornell ornithologist, called the incident
"very unusual" and "almost unprecedented" in an interview with CBS
News. McGowan said that the birds don't normally fly at night and
can't see well in the dark.

"Something happened; they should have been asleep in their roost," he
said. "Wherever they were, they ran into something."

McGowan doubted the lightning explanation but said that fireworks
were plausible. He said similar events aren't seen on the Fourth of
July because the birds are mating at that time of year and not found
in large congregations.

Rough weather had hit the state earlier Friday [31 Dec 2010], but the
worst of it was already well east of Beebe by the time the birds
started falling, said Chris Buonanno, a forecaster with the National
Weather Service in North Little Rock.

If weather was the cause, the birds could have died in several ways,
Fitzpatrick said. They could easily become disoriented -- with no
lights to tell them up and down -- and smack into the ground. Or they
could have died from exposure.

The birds' feathers keep them at a toasty 103 deg F [39.4 deg C], but
"once that coat gets unnaturally wet, it's only a matter of minutes
before they're done for," Fitzpatrick said.

Regardless of how they died, the birds will not be missed. Large
blackbird [this article states blackbirds, not red-winged blackbirds.
- Mod.TG] roosts like one at Beebe can have thousands of birds that
leave ankle- to knee-deep piles of droppings in places.

Nearly a decade ago, state wildlife officials fired blanks from
shotguns and cannons to move a roost of thousands of blackbirds from
Beebe. In recent years, many of the migratory birds returned.

Red-winged blackbirds [blackbirds and red-winged blackbirds are
different and have different scientific names. - Mod.TG] are among
North America's most abundant birds, with somewhere between 100
million and 200 million nationwide, Fitzpatrick said. Rowe put the
number of dead in Beebe at "easily 3000."

Bird carcasses were shipped to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry
Commission and the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison,
Wisconsin. Researchers in Georgia also asked for a set of the dead
birds. Test results could be back in a week.

Rowe said many of the birds suffered injuries from striking the
ground, but it was not clear whether they were alive when they hit. A
few grackles and a couple of starlings were also among the dead.
Those species roost with blackbirds, particularly in winter.

Tens of thousands of blackbirds can roost in a single tree. And they
do not see well at night, when they usually sleep, Fitzpatrick said.

Earlier Friday [31 Dec 2010], a tornado killed 3 people in
Cincinnati, Arkansas, about 150 miles [240 km] away. Then a couple
hours before the birds died, thunderstorms also passed through parts
of central Arkansas. Lightning could have killed the birds directly
or startled them to the point that they became confused. Hail also
has been known to knock birds from the sky.

In 2001, lightning killed about 20 mallards at Hot Springs, and a
flock of dead pelicans was found in the woods about 10 years ago,
Rowe said. Lab tests showed that they, too, had been hit by lighting.

Back in 1973, hail knocked birds from the sky at Stuttgart, Arkansas,
on the day before hunting season. Some of the birds were caught in a
violent storm's updrafts and became encased in ice before falling from the sky.

Rowe and Fitzpatrick said poisoning was possible but unlikely. Rowe
said birds of prey and other animals, including dogs and cats, ate
several of the dead birds and suffered no ill effects. "Every dog and
cat in the neighborhood that night was able to get a fresh snack that
night," Rowe said.

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Date: Mon 3 Jan 2011
Source: The New York Times [edited]
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/04beebe.html?_r=3D1&src=twrhp>


New Year's surprise: 4000 dead blackbirds
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Times Square had the ball drop, and Brasstown, North Carolina, had
its descending possum. But no place had a New Year's Eve as unusual
"and downright disturbing" as Beebe, Arkansas.

About 10 p.m. Friday [31 Dec 2010], thousands of red-winged
blackbirds [yet the title said only blackbirds and they are not the
same. - Mod.TG] began falling out of the sky over this town about 35
miles [56 km] northeast of Little Rock. They landed on roofs, roads,
front lawns, and backyards, turning the ground nearly black and
scaring anyone who happened to be outside.

"One of them almost hit my best friend in the head," said [a woman]
who was standing outside among the smoking crowd at a New Year's Eve
party. "We went inside after that."

The cause is still being determined, said Keith Stephens, a spokesman
for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Of the more than 4000
birds that fell on Beebe, 65 samples have been sent to labs, one in
Arkansas, the other in Wisconsin. Some results may be available as
soon as Monday [10 Jan 2011], Mr Stephens said.

For now, state officials are speculating that the birds may have died
as a result of stress, startled by fireworks in the area, or perhaps
by lightning. But, Mr Stephens acknowledged that the cause may never
be known. It is, he said, the biggest case like this that he is aware
of. "About 19 years ago, we had some ducks," he said, "but that was
only a couple of dozen."

The town contacted an environmental cleanup firm, which by Monday
afternoon [3 Jan 2011] had picked up nearly all of the bird
carcasses, some of which had been bagged and left by residents at the
end of driveways. A few calls were still coming in, said Tracy
Lightfoot, who sits on the City Council, but that was no surprise
given how many birds had dropped out of the sky.

"It just looked as if it had rained birds," he said, declining to
speculate on the reason. "There are lots of theories running around.
I have no idea. I just don't have a clue."

One thing is almost certain: the bird drop is not related to the 83
000 fish that died a few days earlier in the western part of the
state, the biggest fish kill in Arkansas that anyone can remember.
They were spotted by anglers last week [30 Dec 2010] and reported to
the Game and Fish Commission, which spent New Year's Eve measuring
and counting dead fish that had spread out for nearly 20 miles [32 km].

In that case, the victims were almost all drum, and almost all
younger ones. That suggests the culprit was disease, said Mark
Oliver, the commission's chief of fisheries. He said that fish kills
were not uncommon, especially in winter when fish are packed more
closely, but he did not recall one of this size.

State officials have sent samples of dying, but not yet dead, fish to
the fish disease lab at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff,
which could take a couple of weeks to reach conclusions.

The likelihood of a connection between dead fish in a river on one
side of the state and dead birds from the sky in another is pretty
much nil (nor is there any connection between these events and the
yearlong swarm of mini-earthquakes in the center of the state).

But it is all rather odd.

Becky Short, who also sits on the City Council, said that in addition
to the controversial fireworks theory, people have already begun
joking about the biblical end times and UFO's.

Her conclusion was simpler. "Looks like some sort of phenomenon
happened," she said.

[Byline: Campbell Robertson]

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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall

[The red-winged black bird is _Agelaius phoeniceus _ is a beautiful
bird who, according to some, has a bit of an obnoxious personality.

It is most likely an unfortunate coincidence that the fish kill
happened just prior to the bird-fall. However, the distance between
the events is substantial, and the number of days between the events
(not the reporting of the events) would argue they are indeed separate events.

The necropsies of these birds may take a little time. Sorting out
what happened vs the trauma of the fall may be time consuming.

We look forward to an authoritative report regarding the determined
demise of the birds.

These articles do not make it clear which bird is primarily affected,
the blackbird (_Turdus merula_) or the red-winged blackbird
(_Agelaius phoeniceus _). The photos show red-winged blackbirds but
the articles include both names.

Photos of red-winged blackbirds (_Agelaius phoeniceus _) may be found
at <http://sdakotabirds.com/species/red_winged_blackbird_info.htm>
and photos of blackbirds (_Turdus merula_) may be found at
<http://www.digital-nature-photography.com/nature/showeng.php?id=GR10/GRAM060204-5917&info=Amsel>
and <http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/birds/blackbird.php>. - Mod.TG]

[The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Arkansas is available
at <http://healthmap.org/r/0l35>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]

[ProMED-mail would like to thank the many subscribers who submitted
the same or similar articles on this event. - Mod.MPP]

[see also:
Undiagnosed die-off, fish - USA: (AR), freshwater drum 20110104.0035
2009
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Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA: (CA) 2007 agent ident. 20090303.0875
Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA: (CA), RFI 20090109.0093
2008
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Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA (FL): RFI 20081005.3145
2007
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Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA (multistate) 20070705.2131
Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA (TX) (02) 20070120.0267
Undiagnosed die-off, avian - USA (TX) 20070112.0137]
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In January of 2009, the Pocono Record reported that hundreds of birds just dropped from the sky in Somerset County, New Jersey, very much like this case. It turned out that the USDA was using an undisclosed 'controlled substance' to cull blackbirds and starlings that they felt might spread disease to farm animals. They said that the substance would be internally metabolized by the birds and not be a threat to humans or pets. (One media source reported that cats and dogs were eating the Beebe birds with no problems so far.) The USDA did not give details as to where or how the NJ birds were poisoned in 2009.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090126
/NEWS/90126006/-1/rss01

ETA:

Here we go - very widespread use in the US. This is the time of year it is used.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/symposia/invasive_symposium/content/Bentz361_364_MVIS.pdf

It is highly toxic to aquatic invertebrates and use where runoff might occur should be avoided. Data I can find on fish is limited to a few species and seems to run from being considered mild to moderate, (freshwater drum not being one of the researched species.)
Also predators and scavengers might be adversely affected if they eat poisoned birds as their primary diet for longer periods of time.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/registration/content/56228-30%20DRC%201339%20Staging%20Area%2002-08%20watermarked.pdf
 
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And if all this isnt weird enough for you yet - from a friends suggestion I just pulled what I think is the radar and there is something in the area going perpendicular to prevailing mid level winds the storms are moving on. Some type of Eruption? Explosion?? Bird Flock??? I have no idea.

What I looked at:

LZKN0R1101010538912x684none348_an.gif
(set for 5 z)

Plymouth State imagery( http://vortex.plymouth.edu/nids.html )... For a starting point, select ID: LZK, standard base reflectivity, 2011 / Jan / 1 / 4Z / 45 min, 21 frame JAVA, and 50% zoom factor... To see it all, just change the Z time to 5Z, 6Z, 7Z, leaving other settings as is (opens in new window each time) to run the loop... The 1st odd "blow-up" occurs around 0421Z, then repeats several times after up thru near 07Z / 1 AM CST. )

Also its strange because a few miles to the west of there is a region that has been showing unusual geoactivity over the last few months (no larger events particularly near that time though it seems ):

34.36.-93.-91.gif

[ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/34.36.-93.-91_eqs.php ]

lol - the scart/firework/running into everything explanation is looking more attractive by the minute!
 
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The gas mine stuff going on nearby does explain how residents could be a bit on edge. I can see how this could freak them totally out and help generate some rather interesting scenarios. The radar plume seems indicative of surface winds so you could add some type of gas release to the list of plausible explanations. The lab results should start explaining/eliminating variables in that situation. There are just too many.

Central Arkansas growing weary of relentless tremors [ http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-23/...atural-gas-disposal-central-arkansas?_s=PM:US ]
 
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Here it is on a map:

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(60) Dead birds in Falköbing Sweden

So far 60 birds have been picked up in Sweden, some still alive. They will be tested for bacterias, viruses and biopsied, first results expected on Friday or early next week.
 
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http://www.eitb.com/noticias/internacional/detalle/575511/lluvia-pajaros-muertos-suecia-ee-uu/

Spanish to English translation

Rain of dead birds in Sweden and the USA. UU.
Editorial - 05/01/2011 |

0EL last case was recorded in Sweden, where dozens of birds have appeared dead in the streets. Previously, it has been repeated cases in Arkansas, where they have appeared more than 5,000 and in Louisiana.

A strange event is in the air to the inhabitants of Sweden and the USA. UU., looking amazed how dead birds fall from the sky. Already, thousands of birds that have fallen from the sky collapsed in different parts of the world.
Thus, the last case has been in Sweden, where dozens of birds have been found dead in the streets of the town of Falk?ping, for reasons still unknown.

Between fifty and a hundred jackdaws, which appeared dead in this town in southern Sweden, are being examined by veterinarians.

The case is reminiscent of the 5,000 dead birds that fell on Beebe, U.S. city in Arkansas, shortly before midnight on December 31 and, according to authorities, could be due to lightning strikes, hail or fireworks.

On Monday came another 500 dead birds in the village of Pointe Coupee in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana.
 
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http://www.eluniverso.com/2010/12/14/1/1445/continua-colocacion-mallas-islote.html?p=1354&m=719

Spanish to English translation
Tuesday December 14, 2010

Ecuador/FYI

The 13 birds found dead on the island have been poisoned El Palmar, stomach according to an analysis conducted by the National Institute of Hygiene Leopoldo Izquieta.

The report found that the birds died from eating some form of Clarice, and not through the net, "said Teddy Escarabay, a biologist with the Ministry of Environment.

Currently in place piles are being placed guad?a cane, water resistant and moisture, and subsequently placing the mesh, which are 1.50 cm high and up to now 6 hectares wide.

With the mesh is intended that the birds do not interfere with air navigation path of the planes that go to the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport.

As another measure to reduce the overpopulation of birds, the Ministry of Environment plans to cook the islet, ie, grouping the sand to remove the beach, said Escarabay.

This will eliminate the habitat of some kinds of birds like the pintail, which migrate to not get your food.

In El Palmar continue the monitoring to determine the impact of networks. So far there have been no new developments, said the biologist.
 
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http://www.ktre.com/global/story.asp?s=13787277 For more from the source.

Hundreds of dead birds discovered in E. Texas
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 10:18 AM CST
Updated: Jan 05, 2011 10:44 AM CST

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - Some east Texans observing hundreds of dead birds on an East Texas bridge are wondering this morning, if their find is related to the discoveries of dead birds in Louisiana and Arkansas...

Snip-
KLTV has crews on the scene and we are speaking with experts today about what may have caused the death of these birds.
 
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Hundreds more birds found dead in western Ky.

The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 5, 2011; 4:51 PM

MURRAY, Ky. -- Kentucky wildlife officials say several hundred dead birds were found dead in the western part of the state.

The grackles, red wing blackbirds, robins and starlings were found last week.

Read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010503976.html
 
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Mystery as dead birds fall from the sky over Western Australia - Dec. 2007/08

" Last December 5,000 birds died in the coastal town of Esperance, 500 km south of Perth, after being poisoned by lead carbonate blowing through the town as it was being exported through Esperance Port.
. . .
When the Esperance birds began dying, tests showed that local children and adults had potentially dangerous levels of lead in their blood. A local company, Magellan Metals, escaped prosecution over the way it handled the transportation of lead through the town, but fears remain over the potential threat to humans. "
 
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Update on #36;

UPDATE: Dead birds on bridge is a natural occurrence
Posted: Jan 05, 2011 11:18 AM EST
Updated: Jan 05, 2011 1:18 PM EST

UPSHUR COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - A large number of dead birds spotted on the Hwy 155 bridge near Ore City is most likely a natural occurrence in the area and not related to the mysterious bird deaths in Arkansas and Louisiana.

According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Media Communication Director, Tom Harvey, it is not uncommon to see dozens of dead birds on this bridge, including the American Coots here.

The Corps of Engineers office at Lake O' the Pines says they are not exactly sure why this happens, but it appears likely the birds are walking or roosting or flying on and around the bridge and many of them probably get hit and killed by motor vehicles.

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Re: Between 4,000 and 5,000 dead birds fall from sky in Arkansas, also some in Louisiana & Kentucky

Re: Between 4,000 and 5,000 dead birds fall from sky in Arkansas, also some in Louisiana & Kentucky

USGS blackbird tests support earlier findings [ http://www.agfc.com/Pages/newsDetails.aspx?show=149 ]

Date 01/05/2011
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BEEBE - Results from preliminary testing released Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., show that red-winged blackbirds died from blunt force trauma on New Year's Eve. The report supports preliminary findings from the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission released Monday.

Full diagnostic necropsies performed on the birds at the NWHC lab revealed internal hemorrhaging. Tests for an array of pesticides were negative; results are pending for additional chemical toxins and infectious diseases.

It appears unusually loud noises, reported shortly before the birds began to fall, caused the birds to flush from a roost. Additional fireworks in the area may have forced the birds to fly at a lower altitude than normal and hit houses, vehicles, trees and other objects. Blackbirds have poor night vision and typically do not fly at night.
 
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