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27 sty 2011 · The official cause of death of the estimated 4,000 to 5,000 red-winged blackbirds found in the town of Beebe, Arkansas on New Year’s Eve is blunt-force trauma, according to the results of three...
Professional-grade fireworks probably caused the deaths of thousands of red-winged blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year’s Eve. The loud noises, combined with birds’ poor night vision and large winter gathering, likely led 4,000 to 5,000 birds to crash to their deaths.
Audubon scientists are monitoring reports of thousands of blackbirds found dead in Arkansas, coupled with a second incident in Louisiana, since New Year’s Eve.
1 sty 2012 · The blackbird die-off, coupled with tens of thousands of dead drum fish that washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, flung the state into the national headlines and drew conspiracy ...
3 sty 2011 · Residents of the small town of Beebe, northeast of Little Rock, awoke Saturday to find thousands of dead blackbirds littering a 1.5-square-mile area. The birds inexplicably dropped dead,...
7 sty 2011 · But what causes dead birds to fall from the sky en masse? The Arkansas case points to two common culprits: loud noises and crashes.
8 sty 2015 · After 5,000 redwing blackbirds fell dead in Arkansas, other fish, birds, and even crabs have been dying en masse across the globe — sparking apocalyptic fears
