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Town puzzled after dead birds fall from sky
Updated Sun Jan 2, 2011 8:53pm AEDT
Wildlife officials in the US are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says the dead birds fell over a two-kilometre area with an aerial survey revealing that no dead birds were found outside of that area.
Ornithologist Karen Rowe says the birds showed physical trauma and she believes the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail.
Updated Sun Jan 2, 2011 8:53pm AEDT
Wildlife officials in the US are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says the dead birds fell over a two-kilometre area with an aerial survey revealing that no dead birds were found outside of that area.
Ornithologist Karen Rowe says the birds showed physical trauma and she believes the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail.
