Bird Deaths December 2010 - January 2011

Chronological Order

South Korea, December 2010
So far, more than 100,000 chickens have been culled and more than 10,000 ducks due to new outbreak of avian flu.
[www.bbc.co.uk]


New Zealand, December 2010
Penguins, petrels and other seabirds are dying in large numbers and washing up on our shores, says the Department of Conservation (DOC), NZ.
Autopsy reports showed they died of starvation due to a lack of small fish to feed on in the ocean.
[www.newstalkzb.co.nz]
[www.scoop.co.nz]


North Carolina, USA. December 2010. (It was originally thought these deaths were caused by malicious humans, but that has now been retracted).
Large number of pelicans
Cause : presently unknown (awaiting results)
[www.enctoday.com]

Arizona, USA. 26 December 2010
70 plus bats
Cause - one theory is because it was 'unseasonably warm'
[www.azcentral.com]
[azstarnet.com]

Illinois, USA. Late December 2010 onwards
Multiple birds (estimate 50 - 100), clustered around a few households.
Cause unknown.
[www.associatedcontent.com]

Kentucky, USA. Late December 2010.
Lots of birds (seemed to fall only in this lady's backyard)
Cause unknown
[www.wpsdlocal6.com]

Tennessee, USA. Estimated time of death last week of December 2010
120 blackbirds (very localised cluster)
Cause unknown
[www.wsmv.com]

Georgia, USA. 30 December 2010
3 rare cranes (all found together)
Cause unknown
[www.courier-journal.com]

Arkansas (Beebee), USA. 31 Dec 2010
5000 blackbirds.
Reputedly killed by fleeing from fireworks


Chile, South America, 2 Jan 2011
Thousands of birds fall from the sky and die
[www.youtube.com]

Manitoba, Canada, 3 January 2010
10,000s of Birds Found Dead in Manitoba
Cause : local reports suggest bird flu
[www.bbsradio.com]

Louisiana, USA. (Labarre) 3 Jan 2011
500 blackbirds and starlings
Cause presently unknown
[www.wbrz.com]

Italy, around 3 January 2011
300 doves
Cause unknown at this time
[www.geapress.org]

Japan, 3 January 2011
Multiple birds death
Suspected : avian flu
[www.nytimes.com]
[search.japantimes.co.jp]

Japan, 3 January 2011
Thousands of dead octopuses wash up on Portugal beach
See Full Report Here

Florida, 4 January 2011
Disaster in the Florida Keys: Lobster Depopulation
'I've never seen anything like this' 'Everything has changed'

Sweden, 4 January 2011
50 - 100 jackdaws
Local vet theorises they were scared by fireworks, landed on a road and 'didn't know how to fly away from cars which hit them'.
[www.thelocal.se]

East Texas, USA, 5 Jan 2011
200 birds found dead on a bridge
Theory : 'Hit by cars'
[www.allvoices.com]

January 7, 2011
Dead birds litter Quebec farm
80 dead pigeons on his farm 20 kilometres west of Quebec City.

January 8, 2011
Downtown Austin shut down after bird deaths
[www.msnbc.msn.com]

January 9, 2011
Dead birds, fish kills update: 8,000 turtle doves fall from the sky in Italy
[www.examiner.com]

January 10, 2011
Massive bird, fish kills in Alaska ... and no one noticed
10,000 American widgeon have died in Alaska and 20,000 mallards.
[issuesoncall.blogspot.com]

January 10, 2011
More bird doom, this time Holland!
[www.thebigwobble.com]

January 10, 2011
Mass bird deaths in Turkey
[www.thebigwobble.com]

January 11, 2011
Dead birds and fish update: Did truck kill California birds?
[www.examiner.com]

January 11, 2011
More Than 100 Dead Birds Found Off Calif. Highway
[theintelhub.com]

January 12, 2011
Romanian birds drank themselves to death??
[www.heraldsun.com.au]

January 12, 2011
First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets
[www.msnbc.msn.com]

January 12, 2011
January 12th, 4400 buffaloes and cows dead Vietnam
[english.vietnamnet.vn]

January 13, 2011
Poisonous Space Clouds Slamming Into Earth Cause Mass Bird And Fish Deaths
[www.pakalertpress.com]

January 13th, Dead birds found in Bonnie Doon area Canada
About two dozen small birds were found in the area of 92 Street and 93 Avenue.
[www.globaltvedmonton.com]

January 13, 2011
Now 300 dead birds fall from the sky in Alabama
[www.prisonplanet.com]

January 16, 2011
Cold weather kills 10,000 heads of cattle North Vietnam
[english.vovnews.vn]

January 17, 2011
SARNIA, Ont. - Hundreds of dead fish that washed up on shore in the north end of the St. Clair River
Hundreds of dead fish 'a natural occurrence'
[www.torontosun.com]

January 17, 2011
Labrador, Canada. - People on the north coast of Labrador say scores of dead seals have been washing ashore since early December.
[news.sympatico.cbc.ca]

January 17, 2011
Romania: A Second Wave of hundreds of Dead Birds
[taskforcetv.wordpress.com]

January 17, 2011
Yankton Sees Bird Kill-Off . 200 dead starlings were found in downtown
[www.yankton.net]

January 17, 2011
Pelicans turn up sick, dead off Jacksonville coast... 35 dead
[jacksonville.com]

January 18, 2011
About 200 dead birds found in South Dakota city
[www.ksfy.com]

January 18, 2011
More dead birds found, this time in Scottsboro
[www.waff.com]

January 18, 2011
Another Massive Bird Kill in the Tennessee Valley
[www.waaytv.com]

January 19, 2011
Mysterious fish kills in the fjords of Finnmark
[translate.googleusercontent.com]

January 20, 2011
Mysterious Bird Deaths Investigated Near Dacono
[denver.cbslocal.com]