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"The commission said that New

we are stardust — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:48:07 +0000

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"The commission said that New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.

Robby King, a wildlife officer for the commission, collected about 65 dead birds, which will be sent for testing to the state Livestock and Poultry Commission lab and the National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison, Wis."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/2000-dead-birds-fall-sky-arkansas/

Search for clues is on after

artappraiser — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:40:14 +0000

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Search for clues is on after birds fall from sky in Arkansas
Christian Science Monitor, January 3

Dead red-winged blackbirds, starlings, and grackles rained down on Beebe, Ark., on New Year's Eve, freaking out local residents. After 3,000 birds fall from sky, state biologists look for answers.....
....Adding to the mystery is an apparent fish kill 125 miles away in the same state. A day before the bird die-off, a tugboat operator near Ozark, Ark., spotted thousands of dead drum fish floating in the Arkansas River. Biologists say the two events are probably not related and suggest that the fish kill – a much more common event than a bird rain – is likely linked to a disease that affected only one species.....
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0103/Search-for-clues-is-on-af...

I think you may have meant

we are stardust — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:29:03 +0000

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I think you may have meant birds falling from the sky? I opened Huffpo and saw the story, but they've tarted it out with so many ads in the margins, I had to get out before my eyes exploded. ;o)