Posted on 07/12/2023 2:11:24 PM PDT by DallasBiff
After a week of storms and Saturday night's torrential rain and hail, residents across Oklahoma City woke up Sunday morning to hundreds of dead birds in the street. WildCare Oklahoma, a nonprofit animal rehabilitation center in Noble, received numerous calls about hundreds or more purple martins downed from the storm and hail, including near the shopping area north of I-40 in Oklahoma City.
"Thanks to the public's support, we were able to save a small number of birds from the colony," said WildCare Oklahoma Executive Director Inger Giuffrida.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Come across hundreds dead, that is a very bad omen.
Go ahead and ridicule me, mods pull if you wish.
Sounds like a normal day, down at the wind farm.
Sale on “chicken” style Chinese food and maybe “chicken” dishes at Mexican restaurants in the area.
That's the first time I've heard of Purple Martins or Great-tailed Grackles referred to as "junk" birds. To each their own.
DB, thanks for posting this. These weather events can hit bird species hard.
Oh, hail!
Cats on the other hand can go to hell.
No, not at all. I do ornithology research, and birds are always surprising me.
I do like cats, though!
Go out to the wind generator farms. You will find hundreds of birds, bats, hawks, eagles and various other dead winged animals. But that doesn’t matter right? Because it’s green energy and good for the environment.
Hypocrisy much?
Back in the 18th & 19th century there were reports of masses of passenger pigeons killed by hail. The pigeons traveled in flocks numbering in the millions (actually some flocks were estimated to have a billion birds, strung out over hundreds of miles).
Photos of these dead animals should be splashed all over the news. Maybe that would change some hearts.
Just a couple of years ago, researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone’s relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird’s beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
The Ornithological Behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.
The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say “Cah”, none could say “Truck.”
I hear you. I love birds, but...they are part of nature. It will happen to them. It will happen to us. It is absolutely true that nature can be very cruel.
Your post #12 is too funny!
It made the rounds up here in New England...:)
lol
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