Bird kill

Bird kill is a localized event resulting in the death of large numbers of birds at the same time.

Scientific explanations

According to scientists, massive die offs of animals are not unusual in nature and happen for a variety of reasons including bad weather, disease outbreaks and poisonings,[1] with pollution and climate change adding to the stresses on wildlife.[2] According to the USGS National Wildlife Health Center in the US over the past 10 years 175 mass deaths events exceeding 1,000 birds occurred.[3]

Russian scientist Afanasiy Ilich Tobonov researched mass animal deaths in the 1990s and concluded that the mass deaths of birds and wildlife in the Sakha Republic were noted only along the flight paths of space rockets.[4]

Examples

See also

References

  1. "Birds Falling From the Sky Not Unusual". 6 January 2011.
  2. "SCIENCE NEWS Mass bird deaths rare, not apocalyptic: experts". January 6, 2011.
  3. "Black-bird die-off Investigation".
  4. "Group - Afanasiy Ilich Tobonov".
  5. "Rational help at hand when omens seem bad". The Standard. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  6. Epstein, Victor (January 27, 2009). "Bird culling fallout alarms New Jersey community". AP Online via HighBeam. (subscription required (help)).
  7. "Dead birds in Franklin Township were killed on purpose". January 26, 2009. But no humans or pets were ever at risk, said the USDA, contending the pesticide, known as DRC-1339, is inert once it is eaten by the birds and becomes metabolized.
  8. "More than 80 dead birds found in small Quebec town", Toronto Star, January 7, 2011, retrieved January 8, 2011
  9. Geese die during fireworks display, Rob O'Flanagan, Guelph Mercury, January 4, 2011
  10. Weise, Elizabeth (January 5, 2011). "Fireworks likely cause of massive Ark. bird kill". USA Today. Retrieved 2011-01-07. It was someone shooting off professional grade fireworks in a residential district, scaring the night-blind birds out of their roost into a 25-mph flight that ran them into houses, signs and even the ground, says Karen Rowe, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ornithologist.
  11. Larkey, Nichole; AP (Jan 4, 2011). "500 birds found dead in Louisiana". Labarre, Louisiana. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  12. Travis Walter Donovan (6 January 2015). "Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  13. "Faenza: la pioggia delle tortore morte si colora di blu". GeaPress (in Italian). 5 January 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  14. "Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden". BBC News. 5 January 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  15. "Swedish bird mystery: Deaths due to 'external injuries'". BBC News. 6 January 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  16. Jetzt auch tote Vögel in Italien, Blick.ch, January 8, 2011
  17. Jackson, Emily (October 22, 2011), "Thousands of dead birds wash ashore at Wasaga Beach", Toronto Star, retrieved October 24, 2011
  18. Melissa Block (2011-12-15). "Ornithologist Discusses Causes Of Bird Downings". NPR. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  19. "Dead blackbirds fall again in Arkansas town". Boston Globe. AP. December 31, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  20. Keneally, Meghan (January 1, 2012). "First sign of an apocalyptic year to come? Thousands of blackbirds fall to their death in Arkansas town for second New Year's Eve in a row". Daily Mail. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 20, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.