Has anybody else seen or heard of this!!
01-04-2011, 09:41 PM
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Fireworks??? Why didnt they die on the 4th of July???? Either they dont want to say they dont know,or they DO know and dont want us to know. I saw the footage(Im in Missouri)and all the officials had masks and protective clothing on.Then the fish happened. This is scary,people!
01-05-2011, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DebsShelties
Article in this am's paper said it was due to fireworks that the birds died.
01-05-2011, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by morelcabin
There are alot of scary things like this that happen out there...and we never find the answers. I used to be a fan of websites that tracked alot of this phenomenom...and got anxiety so bad I had to really start watchig what I read and thought about...that was one reason I got hooked on quilting:)
Now I refuse to think about anything I cannot control...and trust God to take care of the rest. Otherwise I would a mental case.
Now I refuse to think about anything I cannot control...and trust God to take care of the rest. Otherwise I would a mental case.
01-05-2011, 09:34 AM
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I just read this morning an article in the on-line addition of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The following quote I thought was interesting - apparently in Minnesota, large masses of birds do die from disease - although in this case it is still a mystery as to why they died.
"The birds that died -- red-winged blackbirds, common grackles, brown-headed cowbirds and European starlings -- are abundant species that flock together. Roosts can contain tens of thousands to more than 20 million birds, Audubon said. And that makes them more vulnerable to disease and to an incident that might spook them, said Carrol Henderson, the nongame wildlife program supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The U.S. Geological Service lists about 90 mass wildlife deaths from June through Dec. 12. Five list deaths of at least 1,000 birds and another 12 show at least 500 dead birds. The largest was near Houston, Minn., where about 4,000 water birds died between Sept. 6 and Nov. 26 from various parasites. Henderson said Minnesota typically sees one or two large bird kills a year, mostly from botulism, toxic algae, West Nile or some other avian disease."
"The birds that died -- red-winged blackbirds, common grackles, brown-headed cowbirds and European starlings -- are abundant species that flock together. Roosts can contain tens of thousands to more than 20 million birds, Audubon said. And that makes them more vulnerable to disease and to an incident that might spook them, said Carrol Henderson, the nongame wildlife program supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The U.S. Geological Service lists about 90 mass wildlife deaths from June through Dec. 12. Five list deaths of at least 1,000 birds and another 12 show at least 500 dead birds. The largest was near Houston, Minn., where about 4,000 water birds died between Sept. 6 and Nov. 26 from various parasites. Henderson said Minnesota typically sees one or two large bird kills a year, mostly from botulism, toxic algae, West Nile or some other avian disease."
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