Bird Falls: Mysterious Deaths Of Birds En Masse

[RaM]

Was down the marsh road yesterday at this time of year there are usually
thousands of birds, this year less than 20% usually flocks of 20 or 30 swans,
not a one, looks like bird flue as hit hard round here.

 

[PeteS]

Was down the marsh road yesterday at this time of year there are usually
thousands of birds, this year less than 20% usually flocks of 20 or 30 swans,
not a one, looks like bird flue as hit hard round here.

There are road signs in the area warning of this and also where the infected area ends.

 

[maximus otter]

Chicago: 1,000 birds die in one night after smashing into conference hall windows
Nearly 1,000 songbirds making their annual voyage for warmer weather were killed in a single night after crashing into the same building on Chicago’s waterfront.

The horrifying carnage was laid bare Thursday morning — with dead and injured birds blanketing the street surrounding the McCormick Place Lakeside Center.

Avian experts collected 964 dead birds across 33 species, mostly warblers, along with an estimated 80 stunned live ones, according to the National Audubon Society.

Pre-dawn rain likely forced the hordes of migrating birds to drop to lower altitudes, where they were enchanted by the lights illuminated along the waterfront they were following.

https://nypost.com/2023/10/06/1000-birds-dead-after-flying-into-chicago-building-on-same-night/

maximus otter

 

[Min Bannister]

Oh that is horrifying. Poor wee birds.

 

[maximus otter]

Eerie moment hundreds of birds drop dead from the sky after swarming over cities in chilling 'sign of the apocalypse'


AN eerie moment caught on camera shows a swarm of swallows suddenly dropping dead after circling skies in China.

Hundreds of the birds are seen flying erratically above the roofs of buildings before plummeting to the ground in scenes likened to the Apocalypse.

The bizarre sight was captured by a resident in Laibin, in China’s southern Guangxi Region.

Shocked observers said countless swallows flew around in circles before they suddenly began dropping from the sky.

Some reports suggested the swallows - which fly south to warmer climates in winter - could have frozen to death in sub-zero temperatures.

But that does not explain why so many birds apparently died at the same time.

In Chinese culture, dead birds are a sign of hopelessness and ill-fortune.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24755272/horror-as-birds-suddenly-start-dropping-dead-in-china/

maximus otter

 

[Sharon Hill]

Aflockalypse. We used that a lot in 2012 when it was a thing.

The video does not show them all plummeting to the ground. They seem to be flying just fine. They could have been poisoned. They could have run into a truck and died. Not uncommon. Disturbing, but not an omen.

 

[eburacum]

The narrative is that these birds were frozen by a snap cold wave. I don't see any signs of frost or winter trees.

 

[pandacracker]

Maybe their batteries all ran out at the same time.

 

[kesavaross]

Maybe their batteries all ran out at the same time.

Their remote control stopped working.

 

[ramonmercado]

I reckon a feral Farmer shot them: GET OUT OF MY SKY!