Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 1, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 1, 2013 "When I first came upon it, when the kids were kicking them out of the road, there had to be 300 birds there, at least. It was crazy. There's some even in the field and the water and stuff, too, it's crazy http://www.themountainpress.com/news/x1791818529/Birds-fall-from-sky-in-Seymour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted January 2, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It's somewhat common at this time of year apparently - a part of a flock is started, it takes to flight, that part of the flock rouses the rest of the flock in fright, they basically rouse the entire forest anf then in terror fly into things, including each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted January 2, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It's somewhat common at this time of year apparently - a part of a flock is started, it takes to flight, that part of the flock rouses the rest of the flock in fright, they basically rouse the entire forest anf then in terror fly into things, including each other. What? Can you elaborate more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfrmboy Posted January 2, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency responded and took two to three birds from the scene for testing, Stoffle said. A state highway department truck with a snow blade attachment scraped the birds from the highway onto the shoulder. So they could'nt find something better to do with them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docyabut2 Posted January 2, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2013 How many times does one see a flock of bird get startle and kill themselves.I don`nt think so.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted January 3, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 3, 2013 What? Can you elaborate more? i saw it in one of those "will the world end in 2012?" documentaries, basically birds are conditioned to take flight straight away when the alarm call is made, even if they're asleep, what happened in this case was something started the part of the flock, who rose up making the alarm cry rousing the rest of the flock but in such a way as to be uncoordinated, it was dark (I bet they were day flying birds), it was cold, there were probably fireworks to boot, all that threw off their innate collision avoidance abilities and part of the flock died. Does it happen a lot? No, as it takes a nasty confluence of events to produce mass death like that, but it's neither a mystery or a sign. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted January 3, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Results from preliminary testing released Wednesday by the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, show the birds died from blunt-force trauma, supporting preliminary findings released by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission on Monday. "They collided with cars, trees, buildings, and other stationary objects," said ornithologist Karen Rowe of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. "Right before they began to fall, it appears that really loud booms from professional-grade fireworks—10 to 12 of them, a few seconds apart—were reported in the general vicinity of a roost of the birds, flushing them out," Rowe said. Why Are Birds Falling From the Sky? Still think they should test these birds to be sure, never know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangepeaceful79 Posted January 3, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 3, 2013 i saw it in one of those "will the world end in 2012?" documentaries, basically birds are conditioned to take flight straight away when the alarm call is made, even if they're asleep, what happened in this case was something started the part of the flock, who rose up making the alarm cry rousing the rest of the flock but in such a way as to be uncoordinated, it was dark (I bet they were day flying birds), it was cold, there were probably fireworks to boot, all that threw off their innate collision avoidance abilities and part of the flock died. Does it happen a lot? No, as it takes a nasty confluence of events to produce mass death like that, but it's neither a mystery or a sign. Sometimes bad things happen to nice birds. Its just the way of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asadora Posted January 15, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Could be the 'sounds' from the HARRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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