Large bird kill reported near Geyserville

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT ^ | January 10th, 2011 | RANDI ROSSMANN

[Gennie]

Large bird kill reported near Geyserville

Posted by PD on January 10th, 2011



By RANDI ROSSMANN

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

While scientists and specialists are investigating why massive numbers of birds have dropped dead from the sky elsewhere in the country, Sonoma County now has its own bird deaths mystery to solve, reported the CHP.

More than 100 birds were found dead Saturday afternoon clustered on the ground off of Highway 101, south of Geyserville, Officer Jon Sloat reported Monday.

Officers responded to Independence Lane at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday and found dozens of birds dead on and around the roadway.

The California Department of Fish and Game was notified and a local warden responded. He took several of the birds away to be identified and tested by a biologist, Sloat said.

The birds all appeared to be the same type, small with feathers in brown and black, according to photos taken by officers.

The birds hadn’t been shot and most were intact, officers reported.

What caused the deaths wasn’t clear Saturday.

Immediate attempts to reach Fish and Game were not successful.

One theory was that the birds were hit by a semi truck, but that was just speculation and perhaps unlikely given the large number of birds, officers reported.

Much larger cases of birds dying at the same time have occurred recently in Arkansas and Louisiana.

On New Year’s Eve as many as 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in Central Arkansas.

More recently, about 500 birds were found in Pointe Coupee Parish in Louisiana, about 300 miles from the Arkansas bird deaths.

Scientists and wildlife officials are attempting to determine what happened.

[Fedupwithit]

It's "'The Happening"...Mother Earth is looking to get rid of us all....

Marky Mark was right!!!!

[pnh102]

Sarah Palin is at it again! /s

[Grampa Dave]

Any birds falling from the sky on your land?

[WOBBLY BOB]

hate-filled, anti-bird rhetoric.

[RegulatorCountry]

Everybody absolutely must stop saying "birds falling dead from the sky." You're creating an atmosphere of vitriol and causing them to die. /s

[DonaldC]

I think there is an x-files episode that explains this...hehe

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The birds were killed by a semi truck?

Who was the stoner who came up with this “explanation”?

[Uncle Miltie]

[ZX12R]

All the “vitriol” killed them..

[HiJinx]

Tin Foil Hat Alert!

The following suggestion is meant for entertainment purposes only and should not be construed to be an official position of any Government agency or department.

The bird kills are the result of the U.S. DoD testing airborne laser weapons systems.

That is all.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled posting session.

/s

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[Mobilemitter]

No doubt these birds were targeted! If ever there was a case indicative of foul play.....this is it!

[Flycatcher]

The birds all appeared to be the same type, small with feathers in brown and black, according to photos taken by officers.

Expert analysis alert!

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/01/11/major-bizarre-fish-die-off-along-lakefront/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6183144/are_the_arkansas_earthquakes_related.html?cat=9

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep/new-madrid-fault.html

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

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[youngidiot]

These birds are clearly knocking themselves dead by running into the greenhouse gas envelope. Raise taxes at once! Save momma gia! /s

[GOPJ]

Sarah Palin’s fault...

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Video

[meowmeow]

The birds were killed by a semi truck? Who was the stoner who came up with this “explanation”?

Not impossible. I was zipping down a country road once, much faster than I should have been, and a large flock of sparrows made a tactical error and swooped right down in front of me. I plowed right through them and still remember the tiny "pop pop pop" sound of all the ones I wiped out in the encounter. I could see them falling to the ground in my read view mirror. I must have taken out at least a dozen with my little car. It was sad.