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    Dragon said:
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    The New Madrid Fault Line in the Southern US.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

    Some have theorized that some sort of magnetic shift might be the cause of this blackbird species sudden impairment, but I find that very dubious. You'd see all sorts of species falling from the sky in that case.

    This topic is very interesting. If more species start turning up in the hundreds, look out. But I still don't buy any of those theories, nor do I buy the "mid-air collision firework" theory either.
     

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    Dead birds have fallen from the sky in central Sweden, echoing a number of unexplained incidents earlier this week across the southern US.


    Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, residents found 50 to 100 jackdaws on a street in Falköping southeast of Skövde. The site has been blocked for a veterinary inspection of the birds.

    "We do not know what the cause is," said Tomas Ahlgren, officer in command at the Skövde police.

    Emergency services have cordoned off an area around the site so that the birds can be examined by the county veterinarian. According to Sveriges Radio Skaraborg, these are between 50 and 100 dead birds.

    A veterinarian was on his way to investigate the birds on site on Wednesday morning. County veterinian Robert ter Horst would not speculate on what may have caused the birds' deaths.

    "We will work quietly and methodically," he said.

    On New Year's Eve, an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 blackbirds tumbled from the sky on an Arkansas town shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve.

    Separately, 500 birds plummeted to the ground 580 kilometres away in Louisiana on Monday and a Kentucky woman reported finding dozens of dead birds in her yard.

    Speculation on the causes of the US bird deaths has ranged from fireworks, the weather, noxious fumes or a "sonic boom."

    In addition, up to 100,000 dead and dying drum fish have washed up in the Arkansas River and tens of thousands of dead fish have been found in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
     
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    The Chesapeake water temps have been near record lows, so this explanation is actually reasonable, unlike others.

    Lots of meteorological anomalies out there now.
     
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    CNN) -- Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.

    "Natural causes appear to be the reason," the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a news release. "Cold water stress exacerbated by a large population of the affected species (juvenile spot fish) appears to be the cause of the kill."


    The investigation comes days after the deaths of an estimated 100,000 fish in northwest Arkansas. Authorities suspect disease was to blame there, a state spokesman said.


    In Maryland, preliminary tests showed water quality to be acceptable, officials said.





    "The affected fish are almost exclusively juvenile spot fish, 3 to 6 inches in length," the Maryland department said. A recent survey "showed a very strong population of spot in the bay this year. An increased juvenile population and limited deep water habitat would likely compound the effects of cold water stress."
    Large winter kills of spot fish have occurred at least twice before in the state, in 1976 and 1980, the department said.


    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/06/maryland.fish.kill/index.html?hpt=T2
     
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