[NatureNS] many many blackbirds fall dead from the sky

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:37:18 -0400
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6px=3B=22=3EHi all=2C=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdi=
rty=3D=22=22 /=3EI posted this same story last night around 9 pm=2C but =
it didn=27t show up=2E I was looking through the internet headlines last=
 night and came across it through BBC=2E Shortly after that I heard it o=
n the 9pm news on CBC=2E =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5F=
dirty=3D=22=22 /=3EFrom what I=27ve read=2C some initial thoughts were=3A=
 (And these aren=27t mine=2C just what I=27ve gleaned from the world wid=
e interweb )=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=
=22 /=3E- hail at high altitudes ( really=3F)=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22=
 /=3E- New Year=27s Eve fireworks scared them to death- as they they fle=
w off quickly=2E ( again=2C really=3F )=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=
- tornadoes were through the area earlier =3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 =
/=3E- sonic booms=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E- probably not poison=
ing as it was only thousands=A0 of red winged blackbirds=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fd=
irty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EIt will be interesti=
ng to see how this story progresses=2E Or if the media feels it is impor=
tant enough=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=
=22 /=3EAngela=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cs=
pan=3EOn 01/03/11=2C =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3EJoan Czapalay =3C/b=3E =26=
lt=3Bjoancz=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquo=
te cite=3D=22mid=3A4D21CA81=2E10807=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=22 class=3D=22=
iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B pa=
dding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdi=
v class=3D=22mimepart text plain=22=3EHi Gayle and all=2C I think any la=
rge disaster to any living species is a good topic for naturens discussi=
on as long as we attempt to get reliable factual information=2E=3Cbr /=3E=
I will let you know when I hear any results of why this happened=2E (Nat=
ure Canada is a partner with Bird Life International=2C so I am sending =
this to Mara Kerry and Ted Cheskey in Ottawa=2E)=3Cbr /=3EHere is a note=
 from CBS news and CNN=3A=3Cbr /=3E=26quot=3B Robby King=2C a wildlife o=
fficer for the state Game and Fish Commission=2C collected about 65 dead=
 birds on Saturday=2E They will be sent for testing to the state Livesto=
ck and Poultry Commission lab and the National Wildlife Health Center la=
b in Madison=2C Wis=2E=26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3ECNN =26quot=3B(Karen) Rowe (an=
 ornithologist) said Sunday there was evidence that large fireworks may =
have played a role=2E =26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3ENote that the birds started fa=
lling in a specific area shortly after 11pm on New Year=27s Eve=2E=3Cbr =
/=3E=3Cbr /=3ECheers=2C Joan=3Cbr /=3EPS And in some places balloons fil=
led with wishes are released into the air on New Year=27s Eve=2E I wonde=
r how many creatures we kill with our good wishes=3F=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=
=3Cbr /=3E=3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWh=
en one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the r=
est of the world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E

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