On January 1st 2011, thousands of dead birds, mostly red-wing blackbirds, were found in Beebe Arkansas. The cause of this sudden rush of bird deaths is unknown, but there were several plausible explanations.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40874105/
And a good overview of the story is here:
http://firstarkansasnews.net/2011/01/working-to-solve-beebes-new-years-eve-bird-mystery/
It happened in 2007 to a flock (note, a flock) of purple martins. Prompting then, as now and every other time, the suggestion that this was a sign of the end-times.
If you are familiar with the sight of blackbirds flocking in huge numbers, then this story might seem less surprising to you. It's New-Years Eve. Fireworks scare a huge roosting flock of birds into the air. They are disoriented by more fireworks. They head for the the lights of the town. They don't normally fly in the dark. They crash into each other, trees, building, lights, the ground. A lot of the end up dead. It's not at all implausible. Consider that in 1958, in China, literally tens of millions of sparrows were killed simply by people not letting them roost, which they did by banging pots and pans together. When the birds are exhausted, they just drop dead out of the sky.
What of the other birds found mixed in? And aren't Blackbirds solitary birds? Well:
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/red-winged_blackbird.htm
So yes, Red Winged Blackbirds form flocks of thousands of birds:
Here's a video of some kids scaring up a roosting flock of blackbirds in the evening, easily several thousand birds. Imagine if it had been later at night, with fireworks. Through injury or exhaustion, some of those birds are going to end up dead, or so damaged they die later.
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The key thing that the media stories seem to be missing is that some thing happened to a flock. Birds are not just randomly dropping from the sky. There was some event that somehow damaged the flock.
Just last year (2010), a small flock of birds apparently flew into something while being chased, or sick.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...f-starlings-found-dead-in-village-garden.html
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aR8vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H90FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3803,8739503
1963 - Santa Cruz - The inspiration for the Hitchcock's The Birds
http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/183/
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1306681/pg1
To add fuel to the fire, the next day there was also a huge fish die-off just 125 miles upriver.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/arkansas.fish.kill/
So where's the bunk? Well, this is a genuinely interesting story, we don't know why thousands of birds died. It's also a good human-interest story, in that it must be quite surprising and upsetting for the people of Beebe to have dead birds scattered all over town.
The bunk is what the media mostly left out. That bird die-offs happen every year, somewhere in the world. That this was a flock of birds that died because of something that happened to the flock, not just random birds being picked out one at a time by the finger of death. Mostly the bunk is that they say it's mysterious. Sure, we don't know what caused it. But really there's very few options, in decreasing likelihood: fireworks, storm, and (unlikely) poison. That's about it. Saying it's a mystery implies that scientists have no idea. That then opens the door for the fringe to step in and start speculating.
The news stories here are generally not bunk. They just create bunk. The eventual official explanation will be ignored and this story will inevitably be incorporated into the alternative narrative of events of the conspiracy theorists, just like the mystery missile.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40874105/
Commission ornithologist Karen Rowe said that similar events have occurred elsewhere and that test results "usually were inconclusive."
The birds showed physical trauma, said Rowe, who surmised that "the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail."
The agency also said another possibility is that New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks in the area could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.
Note what she said: "similar events have occurred elsewhere". The birds showed physical trauma, said Rowe, who surmised that "the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail."
The agency also said another possibility is that New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks in the area could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.
And a good overview of the story is here:
http://firstarkansasnews.net/2011/01/working-to-solve-beebes-new-years-eve-bird-mystery/
“I was on the phone with the wildlife officer at 12:15 am and he had several fall out of the sky while were were talking,” said Rowe. ”While this is a very unusual case, I am not deeply alarmed. The birds were in good physical health and initial exams show trauma, so they either succumbed to a freak of nature such as hail or lighting strike, or were caught in the effects of New Years eve fireworks. Something caused the birds to sustain physical trauma while they were airborne, and something cause the roosting birds to flush (blackbirds roost or spend the night in large groups in the treetops) from their roost in the middle of the night.”
In fact this is not as uncommon as the story makes out at all. It happens from time to time and has happened all through recorded history. It's called a "die-off", and there are many possible causes, although it's not always possible to determine what the cause is. The flaw in the media coverage here is failing to note that this is not such an extraordinary event. If people knew that this type of thing happens several times every year, somewhere in the world, then they would be much less likely to consider it interesting. Of course that makes the story less interesting, and the media wants people to read the story. A headline of "Thousands of birds mysteriously drop dead from the sky" is less interesting than "Yet again, a flock of birds dies for some reason".It happened in 2007 to a flock (note, a flock) of purple martins. Prompting then, as now and every other time, the suggestion that this was a sign of the end-times.
If you are familiar with the sight of blackbirds flocking in huge numbers, then this story might seem less surprising to you. It's New-Years Eve. Fireworks scare a huge roosting flock of birds into the air. They are disoriented by more fireworks. They head for the the lights of the town. They don't normally fly in the dark. They crash into each other, trees, building, lights, the ground. A lot of the end up dead. It's not at all implausible. Consider that in 1958, in China, literally tens of millions of sparrows were killed simply by people not letting them roost, which they did by banging pots and pans together. When the birds are exhausted, they just drop dead out of the sky.
What of the other birds found mixed in? And aren't Blackbirds solitary birds? Well:
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/red-winged_blackbird.htm
When breeding season is over, Red-winged Blackbirds join enormous flocks, often mixed with Grackles, European Starlings, and Cowbirds. The flocks fly in great numbers, searching for food
So yes, Red Winged Blackbirds form flocks of thousands of birds:
Here's a video of some kids scaring up a roosting flock of blackbirds in the evening, easily several thousand birds. Imagine if it had been later at night, with fireworks. Through injury or exhaustion, some of those birds are going to end up dead, or so damaged they die later.
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The key thing that the media stories seem to be missing is that some thing happened to a flock. Birds are not just randomly dropping from the sky. There was some event that somehow damaged the flock.
Just last year (2010), a small flock of birds apparently flew into something while being chased, or sick.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...f-starlings-found-dead-in-village-garden.html
Seventy-five birds were found in an area measuring only 12ft in diameter, each with severe injuries including broken beaks and legs, and abdominal wounds.
“They have done a swoop to try to escape but they all got too low and hit the ground,” said a spokesman. “Bystanders heard a whooshing sound as the birds fell to the ground and suddenly there were dead ones everywhere.
Back in 1999, thousands of birds found dead in a field. Probably poisoned by insecticide.“They have done a swoop to try to escape but they all got too low and hit the ground,” said a spokesman. “Bystanders heard a whooshing sound as the birds fell to the ground and suddenly there were dead ones everywhere.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aR8vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H90FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3803,8739503
1963 - Santa Cruz - The inspiration for the Hitchcock's The Birds
http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/183/
Dead, and stunned seabirds littered the streets and roads in the foggy, early dawn. Startled by the invasion, residents rushed out on their lawns with flashlights, then rushed back inside, as the birds flew toward their light.
. . .
When the light of day made the area visible, residents found the streets covered with birds. The birds disgorged bits of fish and fish skeletons over the streets and lawns and housetops, leaving an overpowering fishy stench.
Birds are actually one of the least surprising things to fall dead from the sky: fish, lizards, jellyfish, and snakes have all been reported in the past. But even back over 100 years ago, bird falls had an explanation.. . .
When the light of day made the area visible, residents found the streets covered with birds. The birds disgorged bits of fish and fish skeletons over the streets and lawns and housetops, leaving an overpowering fishy stench.
During the early morning hours of a day in November 1896, a deluge of dead birds fell from a clear sky above Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They fell in such numbers that contemporary accounts say that they “cluttered the streets of the city”. The birds included wild ducks, catbirds, woodpeckers and many birds of strange plumage, some of them “resembling canaries”. The birds were all dead and fell in heaps throughout the city. The only plausible theory advanced as to the source of the birds was that they had been driven inland by a recent storm along the Florida coast and had been killed by a sudden change in temperature around Baton Rouge. The editors of the Monthly Weather Review stated that storms and temperature changes were common, but bird falls were most assuredly not.
But of course the explanation has to be something sinister:http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1306681/pg1
I would not think chem-trails....
We have seen them since 99 or earlier.
Why had we not seen a die-off like that before???
As I typed that, it occurred to me they may have changed/strengthened the chemicals used.
Another question, if chem-trails are seen all over, why only die-off's in S.A. and one state in US??
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=196881.msg1168524#msg1168524We have seen them since 99 or earlier.
Why had we not seen a die-off like that before???
As I typed that, it occurred to me they may have changed/strengthened the chemicals used.
Another question, if chem-trails are seen all over, why only die-off's in S.A. and one state in US??
This is absolutely bizarre! More experiments on the American people? Guys roll in with Hazmat outfits and masks clean up thousands of dead birds and leave. This should be a national story! What planet am I living on?
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread646205/pg1I'm going with either solar activity related, else maybe HAARP or similar facility was doing some experimentation.
...Seriously though, maybe their was a secret radio wave experiment conducted by the government and an unexpected reaction caused these birds to become disoriented and they fell to their deaths?
Maybe HAARP was behind this?
Who knows what our government does or what kind of secrets it keeps from us. We just see the remnants of their experiments.
Maybe they were testing something that would eventually be used on us to reduce world population?
Maybe HAARP was behind this?
Who knows what our government does or what kind of secrets it keeps from us. We just see the remnants of their experiments.
Maybe they were testing something that would eventually be used on us to reduce world population?
To add fuel to the fire, the next day there was also a huge fish die-off just 125 miles upriver.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/arkansas.fish.kill/
Stephens said fish kills occur every year, but the size of the latest one is unusual, and suggested some sort of disease was to blame.
"The fish kill only affected one species of fish," he said. "If it was from a pollutant, it would have affected all of the fish, not just drum fish."
Ozark is about 125 west of the town of Beebe, where game wardens are trying to find out why up to 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve.
Again, something that happens every year. But because it happened to coincide with the bird die-off, the media gives the fish rather more attention than normal."The fish kill only affected one species of fish," he said. "If it was from a pollutant, it would have affected all of the fish, not just drum fish."
Ozark is about 125 west of the town of Beebe, where game wardens are trying to find out why up to 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky just before midnight New Year's Eve.
So where's the bunk? Well, this is a genuinely interesting story, we don't know why thousands of birds died. It's also a good human-interest story, in that it must be quite surprising and upsetting for the people of Beebe to have dead birds scattered all over town.
The bunk is what the media mostly left out. That bird die-offs happen every year, somewhere in the world. That this was a flock of birds that died because of something that happened to the flock, not just random birds being picked out one at a time by the finger of death. Mostly the bunk is that they say it's mysterious. Sure, we don't know what caused it. But really there's very few options, in decreasing likelihood: fireworks, storm, and (unlikely) poison. That's about it. Saying it's a mystery implies that scientists have no idea. That then opens the door for the fringe to step in and start speculating.
The news stories here are generally not bunk. They just create bunk. The eventual official explanation will be ignored and this story will inevitably be incorporated into the alternative narrative of events of the conspiracy theorists, just like the mystery missile.
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