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=3Cdiv style=3D=22font-family=3A =27Times New Roman=27=3B font-size=3A 1= 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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