https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...found-dead-in-road/ar-AAK1M1K?ocid=spartandhp
Do you Guys have any ideas what could have caused this ?
Do you Guys have any ideas what could have caused this ?
Cats.
Or maybe poison.
I just been googling and it seems this is what happensbut my guess would be collisions when they do that swarming thing.
But a statement from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Wildlife Service says the flock of birds was being chased by a much larger bird just before the starlings hit the ground.
The service says the cloud of birds swooped toward the ground and then pulled back up but the tail end of the swarm didn’t and about 200 birds hit the ground, killing 42 starlings on impact.
A veterinarian pathologist with the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture conducted a necropsy and found the cause of death was a chest injury and there was no evidence of underlying infectious disease or intoxication.
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/09...irds-plummeting-to-death-from-the-sky-in-b-c/
"When attacked, starlings bump into each other and if one starling hits an obstacle, many others will follow behind and meet the same fate."
https://www.sott.net/article/376240-The-riddle-of-hundreds-of-starlings-falling-from-the-sky-in-Rome
Cats! Lol, that is really funny. Do you think the cats had machine guns to kill so many? Lol
Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.
The Ornithological Behaviourist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.
The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say "Cah", none could say "Truck."
I was kidding about the cats. It was probably badgers with sling shots.