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This time of year the flocks of blackbirds are enormous in the rural area I live. Driving home last night as I turned onto a county road I noticed a blackbird fall in front of my car and then another and yet another. I stopped the car and birds were falling all around. Some were dead as they hit the ground,some appeared stunned. Hard to put a number on how many there were but they were still falling from the sky when I proceeded to the next section line. I've read about similar instances but never seen this happen in person. There were no strange weather conditions other than being unseasonably warm. There are a set of high voltage transmission lines near the area.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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The common grackle and the brown headed cowbird will often fly together during migrations and it is not uncommon to see thousands.
It would seem that it they hit the transmission lines they would fall right there.
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They we're flying toward the lines but had not reached them.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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HI Ken:a
I saw this same phenomenon on a T.V. show several years ago. There was no explanation as to what was causing this.
Good luck,
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It's 2012 the end of the world...duh!!! One the serious side , very odd but as far as I know it's not too uncommon. We had a incident in the eastern part of the state a few years back when a lot of pelicans died off all of a sudden. I think they determined it was some disease that knocked them off. But at the time it was news around here.
Oh well.....Gods Will I guess.
Greg
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We have them here too. If there were a few less neighbors I can tell you exactly why they'd be falling from the skies.
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Ken, I hope your not pulling my chain because I just sent an email to one of our game biologists about this. The guy happens to be a good friend of mine and he has a rather serious attitude about wildlife. 
Practice safe eating. Always use a condiment.
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We have them here too. If there were a few less neighbors I can tell you exactly why they'd be falling from the skies. Good One!!!
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J.R.B Dead serious about this. Hear is a similar instance: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/04beebe.html?_r=0There was nothing to cause any hysteria to the birds I witnessed. On a lighter note; I frequently have this happen when hunting game birds...well actually they oft times just surrender. Clay birds are known to break in the trap at my call of "Pull" Stay thirsty my friend!!!
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Our tax dollars at work? Might be a Wildlife Services action in your neighborhood to control blackbirds. There are a number of poisons they can apply in efforts to limit crop damage from blackbirds.
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