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  • 46 songbirds fall from sky in Boston

    09/08/2016 9:55:27 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 64 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Sep 9, 2016 12:13 AM EDT
    Health officials in Massachusetts are trying to figure out what caused a large flock of birds to fall out of the sky and onto a Boston street. NECN reports 46 songbirds were found Thursday in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. Some of the grackles were found dead, while others were just sick. …
  • City calls for air support in battle against grackles

    01/28/2008 8:35:23 AM PST · by Dysart · 11 replies · 682+ views
    Star-Telegram ^ | 1-28-08 | ANNA M. TINSLEY
    FORT WORTH -- Kujo perched on a tree branch in downtown's Burnett Plaza, warily watching for prey.No grackles or starlings were in sight.Instead, a man raised his arm.Kujo, a 2-year-old Harris's hawk, quickly flew low and fast through the chilly morning air to reach the outstretched arm of Roger Crandall, his handler.Rewarded with pieces of mouse meat, he knew that next time, his bounty could be bigger.Kujo and his working mate, Blackjack, could be the newest tools in the city's efforts to drive out grackles -- long known as "downtown's feathered menace."Recent changes in federal law, prompted by local falconers...