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Old 06-04-2017, 05:45 PM
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Plus, birds have a very fast metabolism, when they bonk, they die.
Glad I'm not a bird. I'd be dead many times over!
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Old 06-04-2017, 05:46 PM
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Maybe an outbreak of West Nile virus. It kills birds in relatively large numbers.
Good point. Avian Influenza, also.

I didn't get the impression from the OP that this was a mass die-off.. but several dead birds along the road as he was riding. Perhaps my assumption, though.
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:15 PM
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Glad I'm not a bird. I'd be dead many times over!
Yep, eat bugs or die!
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:27 PM
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Different species, but I don't know why types.

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what species...?

all the same or a mixture...?

details help.
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Old 06-04-2017, 11:56 PM
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when my daughter was in her vegan stage as a teenager, we went out for a group ride. A bird swooped down and flew into her wheel -- instant decrapitation. In 50 years of riding, I don't think I have hit a bird, much less killed one.
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Old 06-05-2017, 10:20 AM
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Kinda OT, anyone see the doc "Emptying The Skies"?
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Old 06-05-2017, 11:39 AM
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Went for a ride this morning in towns west of Boston. There were an unusual number of dead birds on the road.
Wow. I noticed the exact same thing on my ride yesterday too...and I'm 250 miles away from Boston!

:::cue creepy music:::
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Old 06-05-2017, 12:20 PM
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Went for a ride this morning in towns west of Boston. There were an unusual number of dead birds on the road. Any theories on why this may be... time of year, weather, coincidence, bad omen?
Was it high tide?

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Old 06-06-2017, 06:33 AM
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May be a good sign for our baseball teams. Bad news for Orioles and Blue Jays. Also, have not seen a Ray of sunshine since Sunday.

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Wow. I noticed the exact same thing on my ride yesterday too...and I'm 250 miles away from Boston!
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Old 06-06-2017, 07:58 PM
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In CA vector control monitors dead bird reports
it is a good measure of various mosquito born illnesses, such as west nile. check with your state or county vecto control program as they rely on reporting of such things
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