[sasha123]

here's an update:

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5904817

[daniel boob]

I am downtown and it is screwed things up bad.

The 60 birds were both grackles and pigeons - no great loss since there are gazillions of them.

I suspect they were poisoned. On the other hand, maybe some kingpin grackle convinced the others to drink kool-aid ala Jim Jones.