Dead birds, dead fish now being reported worldwide

"Fireworks" - Are You Kidding Me?
Since the highly published occurrence of 3,000 to 5,000 blackbirds falling to their death on January 1st 2011, more bird and fish mass Suicides have occurred. Just yesterday, a new report telling of millions of dead fish surfaced in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. On Tuesday, similar unexplained mass fish Deaths occurred across the world in Brazil and New Zealand. On Wednesday, 50 birds were found dead on a street in Sweden. The latest mass suicide is found in England where more than 40,000 Velve...

Photo: Gone to the birds
A flock of black skimmers face into a cold blustery wind as they huddle together on Ben T. Davis Beach in Florida on a cold mid-December day. Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara Sadly, birds have been in the news a lot lately. Sudden bird die-offs in Arkansas, Louisiana and now Sweden have people unnerved and scrambling for explanations ranging from Alien Invasion, experiments by the U.S. Military, the BP Oil Spill, Fireworks or meteor showers. Add to the scenario massive fish die-offs in Maryland, Br...

At least nine incidents of mass animal deaths across the globe
Blue stain believed to be sign of poisoning or hypoxia - lack of oxygen that is precursor to altitude sickness Cold weather and overbreeding blamed for Deaths of two 2million fish in Chesapeake Bay Disease behind Deaths of 100,000 fish in Arkansas River At least nine incidents of mass animal Deaths across the globe Hundreds of confused birds plummeted to their Deaths in multiple locations in the U.S. Rapid movement of Magnetic North Pole towards Russia may have caused bird deaths Thousands of...

Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky
On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees "like Christmas balls" in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks. In the past week, similar incidents of mass animal Deaths have been reported across the world. Thousands of dead birds fell from the sk...

Mass animal deaths scrutinized as Google maps numerous incidents
Five thousand blackbirds in Arkansas. One hundred pelicans near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Three hundred doves in Italy. Seventy bats in Tucson, Arizona. Thousands of fish in Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brazil and the United States. Google is now mapping the incidents of mass animal Deaths around the world. Google Maps' distinctive blue balloons indicate where the Deaths took place. Click on a balloon, and Google will provide you with a link to a news report on the ...

No 'aflockalypse'
Some commentators have dubbed it "the aflockalypse" - instances of mass bird Deaths that have perplexed observers over the past week. So why have birds quite literally been falling out the sky? It all started when residents of Beebe, in the US state of Arkansas, woke to find thousands of dead blackbirds strewn across roads on 1 January. Then, in Louisiana, about 500 birds - including starlings, cowbirds and redwing blackbirds - rained down from the skies. Only days later, news outlets...

Fish Bird Kill Worldwide
What is Killing Millions of Fish in Chesapeake Bay Maryland? The answers are still unclear but Methane gas, algae and cold temperatures are some of the possible reasons why fish are dying in large numbers in the United States. Apparently in Arkansas the fish kill affects one species the Drum Fish.During the same time thousands of birds died suddenly and fell from the sky in large numbers again a mysterious death that cannot be explained by Firecrackers from New Years Eve. Arkansas estimates 100,...

400 Turtledoves Die in Italy
(NewsCore) - The global spate of unexplained mass animal deaths continued Friday as some 700 turtledoves mysteriously fell from the sky in the northwestern Italian city of Faenza. The birds, which are often seen throughout the area, left behind a scene evocative of a Hitchcock movie as their carcasses piled up over the last five days, according to Corriere della Sera. The cause of death had yet to be determined, but a researcher at a local zoological institute, Dr. Frasnelli, said people should ...

What's With The Dead Animals?
Birds dropping from the sky. Dead fish washing up on the shore. Marine die offs. It's pretty creepy if you ask me. And I am not buying "the Fireworks scared the birds" story. 40,000 crabs washed ashore in the UK.. ya think they got scared from fireworks? Birds are continuing to drop from the sky in a mounting, now global, mystery. Up to 100 jackdaws fell dead in a small town in Sweden. Investigators have roped off the area in an effort to determine what killed the birds, who showed signs of se...

Maryland's two million dead fish caused by cold water
WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 6, 2011 4:45pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of two million fish that washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland appears to have been caused by a sudden drop in temperature, the state's Environment Department told Reuters on Thursday. The mass kill is the latest in a string of bird and fish Deaths around the world. Around 5,000 birds fell out of the Arkansas sky over the New Year's weekend and many dead fish were also found in a different part of the...

Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 doves fall dead in Italy; Strange blue stain on beaks...
Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal Deaths across the globe. Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks. Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia. A witness told www.examiner.com: 'We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden. Hypoxia, ...

BP report spreads blame
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. presidential commission report spreads the blame for the death of 11 workers in the Explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig last April and the subsequent leak of more than 4 million barrels of oil into the sea. A portion of the final report of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling was released this week. The full report is set for release next week. U.S. President Barack Obama established the commission to f...

Dead birds and fish could be linked to Magnetic North Pole
© Mnh.edu The Magnetic North Pole is moving rapidly toward Russia. In the wake of recent bird and fish kills around the world, scientists say the cause of the seemingly bizarre incidents could be linked to activity of the Magnetic North Pole. As of Friday, Jan. 7, millions of fish and crabs have washed-up in the United States, Brazil, England New Zealand. Thousands of dead birds have fallen out of the sky in Italy, Sweden and at least three states. Experts haven't pinpointed an exact ...

Italian turtle doves found dead
Hundreds of dead turtle doves have been found in the parks and streets of the northern Italian town of Faenza. Italian scientists are investigating what might have caused the Deaths of the 400 birds, whose bodies appeared in the days after New Year. Their mysterious appearance follows separate cases of mass bird Deaths in Sweden and the US state of Arkansas. Experts said a variety of tests were being carried out but emphasised there was no cause for alarm. "We are carrying out the standard ...

Officials: Lake Meredith fish kill blamed on algae, not connected to worldwide animal deaths
A mass fish kill that prompted Lubbock officials to add a chemical to city water was being blamed on a toxic algae bloom - and certainly not being connected to recent reports of mass animal Deaths around the country, officials said Thursday. Between 10,000 and 20,000 gizzard shad were found dead last week in Lake Meredith, prompting Lubbock officials to continue adding a chemical to Lubbock water to prevent a possible fishy odor from reaching Hub City faucets. The fish kill triggered state of...

World-wide Dead Birds and Fish Shock and Awe
While mass Deaths of wildlife occur sporadically, to have millions of birds and fish experiencing die-off around the world within a few days is highly unusual.  The list of locations has grown in the past 24 hours.  There is only speculation about the cause. Hundreds more previously unreported dead birds have now been found in Kentucky. The Baltimore Sun reports that an estimated 2 million fish were found dead in the Chesapeake Bay, mostly adult spot with some juvenile croakers in th...

Doomsday Update: Dead Doves, Birds, Crabs, Fish, and Rising Sea Levels
Dead dove in Italy As soon as the new year hit, pretty much exactly at the stroke of midnight, dead birds started falling from the sky. This is either some sick marketing scheme for Angry Birds, or the apocalypse is upon us. While we haven't started seeing dead pigeons raining down on us here in New York (yet), the mass animal deaths are continuing around the world. It seemed to begin with hundreds of thousands of dead birds and fish in Arkansas, which is alarming enough on its own, but...

US: Chesapeake Bay fish death toll hits 2 million, cold weather being blamed
© Associated Press / Charles Poukish This Jan. 3, 2011 photo provided by the Maryland Department of the Environment shows dead fish, mostly spot, along with a few small croaker, at Northwest Creek on Kent Island in Stevensville. Maryland officials say an estimated two million fish have been reported dead south of the Bay Bridge since last week. Biologists see no indication that water quality or Pollution played a role in death of 2 million spot fish It could be two weeks before state off...

Good catch?
Biggest ever, but how bad? She has been selling shrimp, crabs and fish at the Westwego market just outside New Orleans for three decades, but her family is now in a desperate situation. "This is my only livelihood," says Ms Graves, 51. "My husband is diabetic so he can't work, so it's just me supporting the whole family." In order to survive, the Graves family has sold its car and refrigerator and is trying to sell its home. All this has happened in the nine month...

Maryland’s 2 million dead fish caused by cold water
WASHINGTON - The death of two million fish that washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland appears to have been caused by a sudden drop in temperature, the state’s Environment Department told Reuters on Thursday. The mass kill is the latest in a string of bird and fish Deaths around the world. Around 5,000 birds fell out of the Arkansas sky over the New Year’s weekend and many dead fish were also found in a different part of the state. Since then, reports of smaller-sc...

Republicans challenge accuracy of budget office
The Congressional Budget Office should be replaced because it is "garbage in, garbage out," Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) said Friday. Price was responding to a recent preliminary analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that said repealing the Healthcare Reform law passed last year would substantially raise the Deficit. Price is one of a few prominent GOPers who have recently challenged the accuracy of the CBO in light of the report. Next week the Republican-controlled House is set to...

Gulf Oil Spill Tarballs Wash Ashore Again At Grand Isle, Louisiana
WDSU New Orleans: The mayor's office said Tar Balls are coming ashore on Elmer's Island and sand dollar-sized patches of oil are washing up in Grand Isle. Read the whole story: WDSU New Orleans Get HuffPost Green On Twitter and Facebook! Know something we don't? E-mail us at [email protected] ...

7 days quiz
It's the Magazine's 7 days, 7 questions quiz - an opportunity to prove to yourself and others that you are a news oracle. Failing that, you can always claim to have had better things to do during the past week than swot up on current affairs. HMV announced it will close 60 stores this week after bad Christmas sales. It's famous for its dog and gramophone logo - what the name of the pooch? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is to be republished in the US with some words changed, including "injun"...

Arkansas bird deaths blamed on fireworks
Nashville, Tennessee | Thu Jan 6, 2011 5:14pm EST Nashville, Tennessee (Reuters) - The Deaths of 5,000 red-winged blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas have been blamed on New Year's Eve Fireworks, officials confirmed on Thursday, citing preliminary tests. "It's looking more and more like that," said Keith Stephens, spokesman for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. It appears unusually loud noises frightened the birds out of their nighttime roost, and they may have flown into trees, houses and oth...

Dozens of jackdaws found dead in Sweden
STOCKHOLM -- Officials say about 50 birds have been found dead on a street in Sweden. Veterinarian Robert ter Horst says the cause of jackdaws' Deaths was unclear but that Fireworks were set off near the scene Tuesday night. The birds were found dead on Wednesday. Ter Horst says cold weather, difficulties finding food and possible shock from the Fireworks could be responsible, leading to the stressed birds either dying from the stress or being run over by vehicles. Five of the dead jackdaws fo...