Posted on 12/31/2011 10:27:59 PM PST by quantim
BEEBE, Ark. (AP) -- Blackbirds have fallen dead from the sky in a central Arkansas town for the second New Year's Eve in a row.
KATV showed a radar image that it said showed a large mass over Beebe a few hours before midnight Saturday. The Little Rock television station reported that hundreds of birds had died.
Beebe animal control worker Hearst Taylor told KATV the reason for the bird deaths isn't yet known.
Last year, fireworks were blamed for the deaths of thousands of birds. It wasn't immediately clear if year-end celebrations are again to blame.
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Biologists said last year's kill was caused by the birds being rousted from their roosts and flying into homes, cars, telephone poles and each other.
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Whitewater. Damn straight and dead on...going...
Well, if they can find 24 of them, they can bake a pie.
Take their broken wings and learn to fly (in the dead of night, that is).
Doesn’t sound as catchy as “Stars Fell On Alabama” .
Res ipsa loquitur.
Simple. Beebers were set to kill instead of stune.
Dial it down, Beebers. Yes, it’s New Years and all, but think of the birds.
Shot dead, with a B B gun!
Beebers? Beebeans? Beebites? Beebsters?
Can a native chime in? We’ve got to get our puns straight.
Isn’t that part of a Mr.Mister song?
What is this beeper I keep reading about?
It all started here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1162751/posts; I think it’s on some FAQ or something
No, those are lyrics to a 1968 Beatles song, called “Blackbird”. Your hunch is on a similar track; the 1985 Mr. Mister song called “Broken Wings”
Probably farmers spreading poison to kill off blackbirds at this exact time of year. Blackbirds are voracious grain eaters and if you kill of the mature birds at this time of year, there are less of the flying rats to breed in two or three months. Simple.
I’m stuned you would ask a question like that! I’ll bet your beeber ain’t working too well either.
That’s weird that it would be on New Years Eve both times!
Wonder if my friend Jay has moved his EME station (Moon Bounce) to AR?
hee hee hee
Or if someone is goosing up the power on a radar transmitter?
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