Could it not be so that its mostly red-winged blackbirds and starlings
because they are the only ones that massively cruise / hang / fly at the
height at which most of the fireworks crack?
That would plead for the fireworks theory again... However, if these birds
are normally hanging out at a
malcolm McCallum malcolm.mccal...@herpconbio.org wrote:
THis may be complete coincidence, but about a month ago (and I'm on the
Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma border) my spouse and I were commenting
that it seemed like there were fewer large flocks of birds flying by our
house this
Does this have to be an either/or question? What if, for example,
fireworks always frighten these flocks from their nighttime roosts
but they don't usually die because they don't encounter severe
weather while in flight?
Dawn Stover
On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Lennart Suselbeek wrote:
Dear ECOLOG-L Members,
I have an ornithologist friend who works for the Dept. of the Environment in
D.C., and in a recent correspondence I asked for his opinion on the mass
bird kills in the news. Here is his reply for any who are interested.
The red-winged blackbird and other species kills were
The flaw in Evan's friend's argument against the fireworks hypothesis is that
there are no big summer (July 4th) concentrations of birds--such as the
multi-thousand assemblages of Red-winged Blackbirds, European Starlings, Common
Grackles, etc., that occur in winter.
I'm sticking with the
But why would this affect just red-winged blackbirds and not other birds?
Dear ECOLOG-L Members,
I have an ornithologist friend who works for the Dept. of the Environment
in
D.C., and in a recent correspondence I asked for his opinion on the mass
bird kills in the news. Here is his reply
The Arkansas event included starlings, as well as red-winged blackbirds. For
all we know, some other birds were affected, but most birds do not flock in
many thousands together, and so a kill would not be as likely to be noted.
Red-winged blackbirds, and to a lesser extent starlings, do.
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:22 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Red-winged Blackbird Die Off in AR
But why would this affect just red-winged blackbirds
THis may be complete coincidence, but about a month ago (and I'm on the
Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana/Oklahoma border) my spouse and I were commenting
that it seemed like there were fewer large flocks of birds flying by our
house this year.
The way we take such great care of this planet, its a wonder
List Members
Apologies for cross-posting.
Interesting story for all Ecologists,
Biologists..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12105157
Really do hate it when people use the term Blackbird and will tell you why,
should want to hear.
By the way, this is the first Bird sp. to
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