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More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Ark. (Arkansas)
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 2 Jan 2011 | AP

Posted on 01/02/2011 8:33:08 AM PST by edpc

BEEBE, Ark. – Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night. The birds fell over a 1-mile area of Beebe, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: arkansas; birds; napl
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1 posted on 01/02/2011 8:33:12 AM PST by edpc
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To: edpc

Froze to death?


2 posted on 01/02/2011 8:34:38 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: edpc

Weird...


3 posted on 01/02/2011 8:34:57 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: edpc

41.67 pies.


4 posted on 01/02/2011 8:35:00 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

NAPL


5 posted on 01/02/2011 8:35:56 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Another sky fall anomaly...
6 posted on 01/02/2011 8:36:59 AM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: KoRn
Froze to death?

Couldn't be. Haven't you heard about all the Global Warming that's going on?

ML/NJ

7 posted on 01/02/2011 8:37:05 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Ha. Well done.


8 posted on 01/02/2011 8:37:54 AM PST by Rebelbase ( Islam is a mental disorder.)
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To: edpc

9 posted on 01/02/2011 8:38:01 AM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: edpc
The birds fell over a 1-mile area of Beebe,

Prolly shot with Beebe guns.

10 posted on 01/02/2011 8:38:04 AM PST by umgud
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41.67 pies.

A sad thing about our society today is that probably no one under the age of 35 would have a clue as to what that means.

11 posted on 01/02/2011 8:39:24 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Inspiration. The momentary cessation of stupidity.)
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"Haven't you heard about all the Global Warming that's going on?"

I've heard a little something about that. I only wish it were true. lol

12 posted on 01/02/2011 8:40:46 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: edpc

Did any of these birds have a connection to the Clintons?


13 posted on 01/02/2011 8:40:55 AM PST by Right Brother
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I don’t think this is the first time it has happened in Beebe, could be have been elsewhere in Arkansas.


14 posted on 01/02/2011 8:41:24 AM PST by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: edpc

Bush’s fault.


15 posted on 01/02/2011 8:42:14 AM PST by samtheman
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To: edpc

Nah New Year Fire works scared them stiff.


16 posted on 01/02/2011 8:42:23 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Yep my great granny taught us all the old rhymes like the kittens who lost their mittens.


17 posted on 01/02/2011 8:42:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: edpc
These are most likely to be Starlings and not Blackbirds.

Starling

Blackbird

Look up "murmuration" on You Tube, it's incredible

18 posted on 01/02/2011 8:43:13 AM PST by HighWheeler
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I am way over 35 and I have no idea what ir means. By the way it is exactly 41.6 degrees right now. Odd?


19 posted on 01/02/2011 8:44:25 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Right Brother

Arkan-avian-cide?


20 posted on 01/02/2011 8:44:46 AM PST by edpc (It's Kräusened)
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