http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136195&catid=2

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343413/Thousands-blackbirds-literally-drop-dead-sky-Arkansas-city.html

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/01/02/dnt.ar.birds.fall.katv&iref=NS1

Thanks go to several contributors who sent me this story.


Martin Weatherall


The following Strange Occurrences all appeared on The Drudge Report on the same day:

Have scientists discovered how to create downpours in the desert?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1343470/Have-scientists-discovered-create-downpours-desert.html

Dead fish cover 20-miles of Arkansas River
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136401&catid=2

Blackbirds falling in the dead of night: Investigation under way after 1,000 tumble from Arkansas sky

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343605/1-000-blackbirds-fall-Arkansas-sky-New-Years-Eve.html

Residents in Leixlip, Co. Kildare have reported large numbers of birds falling dead to the ground.


John Weigel
Leixlip


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Where Have All the Bumble Bees Gone?

TIME

In late 2006, whole hives of honey bees began dying overnight for reasons that are still unclear. Scientists called it colony-collapse disorder (CCD), ...

http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/01/03/wildlife-where-have-all-the-bumble-bees-gone/

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Buzzkill: USA's bumblebee population declining

USA Today

Several species of American bumblebees are rapidly dying off, and scientists ... Also, she reports the bees' geographic ranges have contracted by anywhere ...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2011/01/widespread-decline-of-north-american-bumblebees/1

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Birds, Bees, and Fish: Why Are So Many Ceratures Dying in 2011?

AOL News

For the past few years, scientists have been tracking what they term a "colony collapse" of honey bees, blaming the death of millions of bees on a range of ...

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/03/birds-bees-and-fish-why-are-so-many-ceratures-dying-in-2011/

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Would you give up your iPhone or Droid to save the bees?

Tainted Green

A ?few? bees dying in forests versus a everyday use of portable multifunction wonder device like the iPhone -- which would you pick? ...

http://taintedgreen.com/green-business/would-you-give-up-your-iphone-or-droid-to-save-the-bees/000887/mj-6

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More bee species dying off

Grist Magazine

As with honeybees, a pathogen is partly involved, but the researchers also found evidence of inbreeding caused by habitat loss. "We provide incontrovertible ...

http://www.grist.org/article/food-2011-01-04-bumblebees-join-the-die-off

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Bees in Freefall as Study Shows Sharp US Decline
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/01/04-10

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More mystery bird deaths reported

Reuters

01/04/11

As if the deaths of 5,000 birds in Arkansas were not strange enough, Louisiana wildlife experts on Tuesday are investigating the deaths of 500 birds along a stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish. The Louisiana birds included some red-winged blackbirds, the same type discovered dead in Arkansas...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7034DG20110104


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Mass Bird And Fish Die-Offs Go Global, Spark End Times Panic

Brazil, Sweden and New Zealand hit with strange phenomena.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/mass-bird-fish-die-offs-go-global-spark-end-times-panic.html

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Bumble Bees, Blackbirds, and Fish are Dying in America: Why?

Gather.com

A shocking new study has found that bumble bees are dying off in substantial numbers. Most of us have already heard about the mysterious deaths of thousands ...

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978877668

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Jackdaws in Sweden, Fish in Brazil and New Zealand and Crabs in England Are New Victims of Global Spate of Mysterious Animal Deaths

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/mysterious-animal-deaths.html

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Decline of Bee Populations: Nature at Work or Something More Catastrophic?

SodaHead News

Researchers have discovered that a variety of bee species are dying off, some have declined as much as 96 percent in the last few decades in North America, ...

http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/decline-of-bee-populations-nature-at-work-or-something-more-catastrophic/question-1425923/

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The blackbirds have landed...
http://tinyurl.com/3yqcyrp



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