Last New Year’s Eve, thousands of blackbirds fell dead from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas. Scientists believe the birds were startled from their roosts by fireworks, and being as blind as humans in the dark, they flew into buildings, cars, trees and each other and died. Last night it happened again, in the same town. Local authorities don’t really have an explanation yet. Sign of the Mayan apocalypse, perhaps?
From ABC News:
Blackbirds have fallen dead from the sky in a central Arkansas town for the second New Year’s Eve in a row.
KATV showed a radar image that it said showed a large mass over Beebe a few hours before midnight Saturday. The Little Rock television station reported that hundreds of birds had died.
Beebe animal control worker Hearst Taylor told KATV the reason for the bird deaths isn’t yet known.
Last year, fireworks were blamed for the deaths of thousands of birds. It wasn’t immediately clear if year-end celebrations are again to blame.
