Anyone else seeing unusual amount of dead birds(not Flu related)

[Cetacea]

I've observed birds most of my life but have never seen anything like this before. For the 3rd time this year, I have come across a dead bird that appeared to have no signs of external injury. That's already one more than the the two I found in the entire year of 2006. Any clues?

[The Straight Story]

A lot of em, in a red and white bucket

[MzNov]

1. There were many dead bird sighting stories a few weeks ago

which were very scarey and unusual. But you can be sure that the government is testing certain types of biological agents and either spraying them from crop duster planes, or getting them into the air in some manner. They do these things in CA and probably all of the Western states. I can't provide link at the moment but will Google....

[Cetacea]

2. Thank you!

I hate to sound like like a Tinfoiler but I do live in an area where it is sunny everyday and high flying jets (they look like B-52s) leave lingering clouds. There is also a small airport nearby where Piper Cups and small prop planes come and go from.

[Warpy]

3. I know they found a fungal infection in one batch of 'em

It was back in December, so no linkie. It wasn't widely reported.

I do know that dieoffs of whole flocks are being tested for avian flu along with other causes. It's a little disquieting that none of the results have made it to the science boards. Maybe I should hang with the ornithology crowd for a bit, eh?

No news used to be good news. How times have changed!

[Cetacea]

7. Thanks! It dosesn't appear be affecting one species. nt

[Bluzmann57]

4. Yes I have a clue

If you live in the Midwest or Northeast, we had a mild January and birds were returning to the area. Then it got real cold real fast and the birds, which are not accustomed to the cold, died. That's why they fly south for the winter. Yes, certain birds are indiginous to certain areas year round, but my guess is that you may be seeing robins, etc. which do fly south for winter.

[Cetacea]

5. They are not Robins.

And I am in the South. I can tell you something about Robins, though. They use to be common on Long Island but have virtually disappeared, only to be replaced by the mockingbird, Florida's state bird. But that goes more to climate change.
Getting back to your reply, three of the birds have been doves. One song sparrow,, one Blue Jay, and one Mockingbird.

[Dr.Phool]

10. I've got robins up the wazoo in Florida.

About this time last year there were about 200 in my small yard at once.

The other day, about the same amount in my trees.

Lots of mockingbirds too.

[Cetacea]

12. The thing about the mockingbirds

is that they gradually moved up the east coast as the years got warmer and became common in NY by the mid-to-late-1970s.

[sce56]

6. It surprised me when the other day the DIscovery Channel did a Chemtrail Report

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/best-evidence/episode/episode_02.html
Chemical Contrails
Across the planet, millions of people have seen them — jet aircraft vapor trails lingering in the sky. Are these just regular "contrails" — the carbon and water vapor exhaust from commercial planes — or are they potentially toxic "chemical trails" emitted intentionally as part of secret geo-engineering experiments or weather-weaponization tests? Experts and passionate observers on both sides present their best evidence — from video and photographs, satellite imagery, soil samples and military evidence. We shed light on a subject that has many people looking up for answers to disturbing questions. A team of technicians at an independent laboratory will examine the samples to finally get to the heart of the question: What is in those fuel emissions and what causes them to linger for hours and link up with one another like a ghostly blanket that seems to affect the weather and perhaps our health?
Premiere: Feb. 22, 2007

Might that have something to do with birds falling out of the sky?

[Cetacea]

8. nearly a daily occurence here

Whatever they are, I see them on a near daily basis here. I do live in an area where it is sunny nearly everyday and high flying jets (they look like B-52s) leave lingering clouds. There is also a small airport nearby where Piper Cups and small prop planes come and go from.

Also, others, including myself, have seen not just one, but three to five jets covering different areas. It appears that after the first jet, another soon appears and flies in the opposite direction, and it continues with the other jets until all quadrants of the sky are covered. These are not commercial airliners.

[hfojvt]

9. I bicycled past one the other day

and it reminded me of a spring bicycle trip when I was seeing a dead bird every 100 yards or so by the side of the road. Seriously, I think birds drop like flies and people rarely notice. Probably usually a cat, rat, squirrel or a bunch of bugs will obliterate the body in a few hours anyway.

[Cetacea]

11. Read the op again

I am a life-long observer and photographing birds makes up part of my work.
This is not common. But thanks for your input.