Dead birds found by the hundreds in Nashville and nearby counties
After reports of mass wildlife deaths around the world, this week hundreds of dead birds have been found in Nashville, Tennessee and nearby counties.
About 150 grackles were found dead on the side of the road in Wilson County, located just east of Nashville. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency told The Tennessean that the birds’ cause of death could not be determined due to deterioration.
The agency noted that hundreds more birds found in Montgomery County and Nashville, may have been a flock that flew into a bridge or some other object.
Reports of wildlife dying en masse have come from locations around the globe, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand, Sweden, Britain, and Italy.
The cause of the group deaths is still being investigated, however, authorities in Arkansas believe 5,000 birds died from trauma after being startled by fireworks, while experts theorize that sea life in Britain and New Zealand died due to record cold temperatures. Officials in Sweden believe the dead jackdaws died from external blows creating internal bleeding in the birds.
For a link to track the mass deaths using a custom Google Map, click here.
To see coverage of the Arkansas and Louisiana incidents by NBC Nightly News, click here, and here.
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Suggested Links
- Track mass deaths of birds, dead fish globally on Google Maps (link provided)
- Dead birds in the thousands fall from the sky in Italy
- Dead fish in Maryland total about 2 million (video)
- Dead birds killed by hard blows, according to Swedish officials
- Dead birds found in western Kentucky, say wildlife officials (video)
Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v18ulFoW-ZQ&feature=related
i know people say its a conspiracy and what not, but why not at least look into it... there is proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACbeDNaAsE
fireworks wouldnt effect birds clear across the world. you say trauma. i had fireworks in my town, no dead birds. and what about the fish? just saying.. there HAS to be more to it than what there saying.