Mass bird death mystifies Swedish town

[The Straight Story]

Mass bird death mystifies Swedish town

Stockholm - The mass death of a flock of birds in a small Swedish town was to be investigated by veterinarians on Wednesday, local media reported.

Some 50, perhaps as many as 100, dead jackdaws were found on a street in the south-western town of Falkoping late Tuesday evening, reports said.

The area has been cordoned off, Perry Malmberg of the emergency services told Swedish TV.

A few days ago, several thousand dead birds were found in the US state of Arkansas. One theory was that those birds had been shocked by New Year fireworks.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1609484.php/Mass-bird-death-mystifies-Swedish-town

[mmonk]

1. Interesting.

Why are there so many large die offs?

[kentuck]

2. I think it is the many changes in the weather...

Europe has experienced one of their worst winters. And we had a terrible cold spell that moved all the way into central Florida. Birds flocked together for warmth, like all creatures would. And there were large windstorms and tornadoes in the last couple of weeks that could have killed many birds. The fish??

[thelordofhell]

3. I blame Cthulhu

[sufrommich]

4. lol. nt

[aquart]

5. This can't be good.

[Phoonzang]

6. How often do mass bird deaths occur?

Maybe they occur all the time, but we're just noting every one that happens now because of the Arkansas incident.

[sufrommich]

7. They happen a lot........

http://search.usgs.gov/results.html?cx=005083607223377578371%3Ab5ixbbpqpx0&cof=FORID%3A11&q=bird+deaths&sa=Go#926