thousands of bird die

[Menzies]

Ane the mystery is solved.

wonder why they didn't 'fess up immediately!

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USDA Acknowledges Poisoning Birds in South DakotaJan 21, 2011 1:12 PM

Hugh Collins

Authorities have solved the mystery of the death of thousands of birds in South Dakota and come up with a surprising killer: the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Inhabitants in Yankton were surprised when they found hundreds of starlings lying frozen on the streets and in the city's Riverside Park, MSNBC reported. Some people thought the birds had simply left it too late to fly south for the winter.

Now, the USDA says it set out poisoned bait for the birds after a local farmer complained that they were defecating in his animal feed.

"They say that they had poisoned the birds about 10 miles south of Yankton, and they were surprised they came to Yankton like they did and died in our park," says Yankton Animal Control Officer Lisa Brasel.

There has been a string of mass animal deaths so far this year, from dead fish in the Detroit River to red-winged blackbirds falling from the sky in Arkansas and Louisiana.

In Yankton, the starlings made the area look like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, witness Alison Brown said.

"The street where we park and the sidewalks were just covered with them," Brown said.

The USDA says the dead birds do not pose a threat to any animal that might eat them, such as house cats.

The agency does not typically poison animals, but felt it made sense in this case, USDA biologist Ricky Woods said, according to Reuters.

"Lethal means are always a last resort," Woods said. "In this situation it's what we had to do."

Edited January 21, 2011 by Menzies

[crash1371]

They reported on the birds here yesterday saying a loud noise or blunt sound scarred the birds at night and caused them to hit trees houses and so on all 5000 of them. Nothing was found in the toxicology reports.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas wildlife officials say the mystery of what killed tens of thousands of fish that washed up along the Arkansas River late last year can't be solved.

But there is a theory about what caused birds to fall out of the sky in a small Arkansas town on New Year's Eve.

Scientists determined it's likely that unusually loud noises frightened the birds so much that they flew off in the dark, even though they have poor night vision. New Year's Eve fireworks likely led the birds to fly lower than normal and into buildings or trees.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission say less is known about the Dec. 29 fish kill. Tests on fish and water samples didn't turn up anything.

They should give a spoon and a nose plug when they expect to feed me this kinda Shit

[breakfast]

hope it's not 2012!!!

[Chisox]

hope it's not 2012!!!

Not yet...Dec. 21, right?