More Than 1000 Birds Fall Dead From The Sky In Arkansas On New Years Eve! [12-31-2010]

"About 1,000 black birds fell from the sky over
Beebe on Friday night, the Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission said in a news release Saturday. Around
11:30 p.m., the commission began receiving phone
calls about the birds, most of which were dead and
fell over a 1-mile span, the release said.
Wildlife officer Robby King collected about 65
dead birds that will be sent to the Arkansas
Livestock and Poultry Commission lab and the
National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison,
Wis. Officers flew over the area and determined no
birds had fallen outside that part of the city,
the release said. Commission ornithologist Karen
Rowe said in the release that the flock could have
been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail. Or
the birds could have died from stress if disturbed
from their roost by fireworks celebrating the New
Year. Beebe has hired the commission to dispose of
the birds. ". courtesy of bigkim