Some 500 dead and dying birds fell onto a Louisiana highway on Monday, just three days after a similar incident in Arkansas.
The events have led to speculation running from poisonings to “End of
Days” scenarios, but a key federal agency emphasized that mass bird
die-offs are not that rare.
Most of the birds found on Louisiana Highway 1 near Point Coupee were
red-winged blackbirds, as was the case in Beebe, Ark., some 360 miles
away. The species is one of the most common in the United States, with a
population estimated at up to 200 million. Continue Reading
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