tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post7387788411945200295..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: What the heck is this all about?Rain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-23995968017558363842011-01-07T13:20:48.314-08:002011-01-07T13:20:48.314-08:00Here's another one-- Doves dying in Italy. I ...Here's another one-- <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/birds-dying-in-italy-thou_n_805541.html" rel="nofollow">Doves dying in Italy</a>. I realize birds die all the time but how many fall dead from the sky?<br /><br />We've had the honeybee losses for the last couple of years and before that supposedly less frogs many places. I guess some is just a natural result of nature but it does seem strange on the birds as they apparently dropped dead while flying.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-7819589533747173842011-01-07T10:48:44.508-08:002011-01-07T10:48:44.508-08:00Very early on the 31st a huge storm spawned a torn...Very early on the 31st a huge storm spawned a tornado in Westville, Ok and Cincinnati, AR. The line of storms stretched from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Later it was reported that birds had fallen from the sky in Beebe, about 150 miles to the east. In the local paper some people have written letters to the editor saying that all the blackbirds in the area have disappeared. They speculated that the storm blew the birds all the way to Beebe. I wouldn't discount that. The cattle egret was never seen in the western hemisphere until the 1940's. Scientist say they either flew from Africa to South America (by the 60's they had spread to North America)or were blown there by a storm. So involuntary migrations caused by storms are not unheard of. The extreme violence of this particular storm may account for the dead birds. Come to think of it, I haven't seen an egret for a couple of years. Hmmm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03204625068309822016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-80765089068428590712011-01-06T09:36:06.837-08:002011-01-06T09:36:06.837-08:00I heard about this on the radio, and it made me th...I heard about this on the radio, and it made me think about the terrible die off of bats on the east coast. That is from a fungus. Perhaps the birds are dying of some virulent virus. Catastrophic plagues have struck human populations from time to time. It could very well happen again. that would really amount to a sort of apocalypse I suppose.20th Century Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432147267959308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-32166187101281994152011-01-06T09:17:45.803-08:002011-01-06T09:17:45.803-08:00Hi Rain . . . This is indeed a sad mystery. It doe...Hi Rain . . . This is indeed a sad mystery. It doesn't seem plausible that the bird deaths are linked somehow to the dead fish - yet coincidence appears to be a stretch doesn't it? <br /><br />Lot's of theories, but only theories. I've seen no positive answer.<br /><br />Paul is probably right. Must be connected (somehow) to our environment. I immediately think of Katrina and the BP oil spill in the gulf. Could the deaths be related to either or both? BumpDixon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-26438968210983620292011-01-06T09:15:43.815-08:002011-01-06T09:15:43.815-08:00"What do you think this die off of birds is a..."What do you think this die off of birds is about?" According to one article I read it's because in parts of the deep south, family members often intermarry and this is the bird version.mandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-21252358773365281132011-01-06T08:51:16.806-08:002011-01-06T08:51:16.806-08:00Well, sad to say, the birds are dead. That much we...Well, sad to say, the birds are dead. That much we know for certain. I tend to think that environment plays a role here, but that is a guess. How about those 2 million fish dying in Delaware ?Paulhttp://ShadowofDiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.com