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cecy
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
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Location: miami florida usa |
birds
 Mon Feb 18, 2002 11:37 pm
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If we had chemicals in the air would the birds still fly like they do wouldn't they be dead by now? I also need to know how I can add a picture? help anyone |
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Thermit
Joined: 08 Jul 2000
Posts: 3136
Location: Texas |
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Mon Feb 18, 2002 11:42 pm
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cecy,
The air does contain chemicals, and mankind has been adding these chemicals to the air for a long time, although much more in very recent centuries. And the birds have dealt with this situation just like the rest of us, and we are alive.
To upload a picture, find the Image Upload link in the Member's Area, and go from there...
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Lulu
Joined: 22 Dec 2000
Posts: 2501
Location: right here |
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Tue Feb 19, 2002 12:39 am
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one bird at least is dead, a sparrow, it only had one good eye, and hopped madly about in circles, chemical related? or Mother Nature? |
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msswv123
Joined: 17 Jan 2001
Posts: 123
Location: Gastonia,NC USA |
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Tue Feb 19, 2002 4:05 am
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DEADLY DISEASE STRIKES BIRDS IN SOUTHEAST
ATLANTA, Georgia, December 6, 2000 (ENS) - Birds in three states are dying of a rare disease. Avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) is affecting mallard ducks and coots on Woodlake in North Carolina; coots on Lake Juliette in central Georgia; coots, bald eagles and - for the first time - a Canada goose on Strom Thurmond Lake on the border of South Carolina and Georgia. The disease has not previously been confirmed in Canada geese. Vacuolar myelinopathy is a nervous system lesion that leaves open spaces in the white matter of the brain. Scientists have determined the spaces are caused by separation of the myelin layers that surround and protect the nerves. Research indicates that the disease is caused by a manmade or chemical substance.
Pathologists at the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia made the diagnoses. The USGS issued a Wildlife Health Alert Tuesday to natural resource and conservation agencies. While there is no evidence that AVM can affect humans, the risk to humans is unknown. People should avoid handling wildlife that have died from unknown causes, or do so with caution using waterproof gloves or a plastic bag. Hunters should avoid shooting wildlife exhibiting unusual behavior, use waterproof gloves when dressing out game, and cook meat well before eating. Affected birds may be unable to fly, may crash land or swim tipped to one side with one or both legs or wings extended. On land, birds may stagger and have difficulty walking. They may fall over and be unable to right themselves. More information is available at: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/nwhchome.html
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec2000/2000L-12-06-09.html
2,000 Blackbirds Found Dead In Ill...10/18/99
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) - Thousands of birds were found dead in a farm field, and officials suspect a chemical may have killed them. State Department of Natural Resources biologists are running tests on some of the birds and should have the results Tuesday, department spokesman Joe Khayyat said Monday. The bodies of about 2,000 red-winged blackbirds, starlings and grackles were found late last week in a farm field with their wings to the side and heads pointing into the ground. Biologists at first suspected that a violent downdraft killed the birds by slamming them into the ground. But Khayyat said new evidence points to possible chemical contamination. Wind had been blamed in an earlier incident this summer, when a flock of egrets was found dead near Springfield after a strong storm.<<
http://www.earthchangestv.com/breaking/October/1018blackbirds.htm
1-31-99
MER ROUGE (AP) -- Thousands of blackbirds are dying in north Louisiana and nobody seems to know why.
For the past several weeks, Wanda and Daniel Hudson of Morehouse Parish enjoyed watching tens of thousands of blackbirds flying over their house toward Mer Rouge each morning.
Each afternoon, they watched the huge flock fly back toward Log Cabin.
Then Monday, the blackbirds started dropping from the sky into yards and ditches where they staggered and faltered, many making their way out to Louisiana 425.
The dead and dying birds have been littering their yard and a five-mile stretch of nearby homes and highways ever since.
About 50 birds lay dead in a stretch of a couple hundred feet from the Hudson's home. Others teetered on the highway's edge, dying.
"It's really pitiful," Mrs. Hudson said. "They are coming into our yard and dying.
"It takes them awhile to die. It's a slow, painful death."
Hudson called the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in Monroe on Monday.
"I've never seen it hit like this," said wildlife biologist Jimmy Anthony. "There are quite a few birds falling out of the air -- thousands."
Anthony said the five live birds he collected Monday died that night.
An autopsy revealed nothing.
Tests are being made at Louisiana State University Medical Center to determine the cause, which Anthony said could be a virus or bacteria, pesticide or even a natural toxin on a food supply.
http://members.tripod.com/conspiracy2/contrails15.htm
February 18, 2002
Posted Aug 18 2001
Florida Flaps As Dead Birds Rain On Orlando
[Original headline: Dying birds rain on Eola]
Birds fell dead from the trees and sky around downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola Park Friday, stunning residents out for an evening stroll and leaving officials struggling to find an explanation.
Nearly 100 birds began dropping from trees or even falling in mid-flight about 6 p.m. in the popular park on the east side of downtown. Most were grackles and pigeons, but at least one duck was found dead. Egrets and Lake Eola’s famous black swans did not appear affected.
Park rangers made announcements warning hundreds of people gathered for the evening’s MoviEola outdoor film feature, Chicken Run, not to touch the birds. Workers with gloves were busy putting them into bags and trash bins, and they planned to put the carcasses on ice to preserve them for necropsies.
Experts were baffled by the deaths.
http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/ndebird.htm
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