rubondfan2 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 For those who have read some of my posts over the past few months, it's not really a secret that I have some less-than-mainstream-media-views on world, political and financial events. In keeping with that spirit, I submit to the forum, the following article:More birds fall from sky ? this time in La. - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.comThere was a news item 2 days ago about 4000 to 5000 Red Winged Blackbirds that just fell out of the sky dead in Arkansas… Rupert Murdock and his cronies were very quick to point out that it wasn’t a “poisoning” and proposed an explanation that it may have been trauma from a storm or fireworks. Hmm... sorry, I'm not buyin' what they're sellin'. Well… the cat seems to be jumping out the proverbial bag with this latest incident in Louisiana where… yep… 500 Red Winged Blackbirds ("mostly" according to the article") fell out of the sky dead. The article conveniently quoted, “but a key federal agency emphasized that mass bird die-offs are not that rare.” Well golly gee Beaver... if a “key government agency” says that we shouldn’t be alarmed, then we've got nothing to worry about...... Do we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJolly Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 No biggie. A large, vigorous hailstorm would fit all the evidence. HiJolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Until a necropsy comes back showing anything different than trauma, I have no reason to believe anything else. We can read conspiracy in almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rameumptom Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 They have had both major storms and fireworks in both areas in the last couple weeks. that and a series of other stressors could have caused them to die in flocks. Initial study has shown many were injured by blunt force trauma, probably from hail in the area, etc. It is also possible that it is a disease. However we'll have to wait for the autopsy reports on that. Bird flu, for example, is not manmade, but can kill a bunch of birds in one fell swoop. Conspiracy? Probably not. As it is, there are tons of red-winged blackbirds here in Indiana and the rest of the Midwest and East. If they all start falling dead, then I would be greatly concerned. But a few thousand in a couple states is really not that many, given the number of them in such states. It was estimated in 1972 that there were almost 1/2 billion red-winged blackbirds in the United States. Given that the blackbirds thrive among humans (eating insects by our roadways, eat crops, etc), that number has likely arisen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJolly Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 <snip> in one fell swoop.<snip>Hot dang! I love that phrase! HiJolly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TL10 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Three Articles related to mass animal deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TL10 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Edit: Sorry for the overload. Don't blame me for the lag.With the rising string of Bird and Fish Deaths, the National Post has created an infographic on the current situation so far (article) :Anybody remember the exact details of the 1/3 of the sea will die stuff from Revelation? Because I think this is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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