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1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana

 
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1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
[link to www.2theadvocate.com] "LABARRE — Hundreds of dead and dying birds littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish on Monday as motorists drove over and around them.

State biologists are trying to determine what led to the deaths of the estimated 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings on La. 1 just down the road from Pointe Coupee Central High School.

The discovery of the dead birds — some of which were lying face down, clumped in groups, while others were face up with their wings outstretched and rigid legs pointing upward — comes just three days after more than 3,000 blackbirds rained down from the sky in Beebe, Ark.

Necropsies performed Monday on the birds in Arkansas showed the birds suffered internal injuries that formed blood clots leading to their deaths, The Associated Press reported.

In Louisiana, biologists with the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spent part of the day Monday scooping up some of the birds in Pointe Coupee Parish to be sent for testing at labs in Georgia and Wisconsin.

The remaining carcasses were still on the roadway, on the shoulder and in drainage ditches Monday afternoon as some motorists sped past, flattening birds lying in the roadway, while other drivers slowed down to gawk.

State Wildlife Veterinarian Jim LaCour said he planned to drive to Pointe Coupee to pick up some of the bird "carcasses to study.

Lab tests could take several weeks to come up with an explanation for the deaths, and LaCour declined to speculate on possible causes; however, he did say massive bird deaths have been known to occur in the state in the past, albeit in smaller numbers.
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
I live about 30 minutes from there. Freaked me out.
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
Wow, this situation reminds me of the beginning of the film "Day After Tomorrow"... Extreme weather, birds dropping out of the sky...
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
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01/04/2011 11:54 AM
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
hit Adv Search then thread subject, set the year back to 2004, and the results to the maximum 500

you'll see loads of dead bird threads, but this one is interesting..

Thread: Mystery as dead birds rain down

5th October 2005, thousands of birds fall from the sky in China.

then, on May 12 2008, a 7.9 earthquake hit the region.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

[link to shanghaiist.com]

so 2 and a half years after the bird fall, a big EQ.
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
Wow, this situation reminds me of the beginning of the film "Day After Tomorrow"... Extreme weather, birds dropping out of the sky...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 475310



COREXIT poisoning
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Re: 1000s of birds now dropping from the sky in Louisiana
Wow, this situation reminds me of the beginning of the film "Day After Tomorrow"... Extreme weather, birds dropping out of the sky...



COREXIT poisoning
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1047074


the flashflood in queensland australia!

we are just shouting random things out aren't we?





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