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Is anyone else seeing a massive amount of dead birds?

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  • #32
    Seth Brundle
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    Pauliedragon wrote: »
    Maybe this should be in the cork forum but in the last week I've noticed about 10 to 15 dead blackbirds all over my town over the last week or so. They are everywhere. I counted 6 more today. Weird stuff. Is there a new virus coming.
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  • #33
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    I don't remember noticing any dead birds except a beautiful one that was squashed into the middle of a crossroads that I noticed on the way home from work. It was black and yellow so I assumed it was a goldfinch but it could also have been a siskin, although I'm no expert.
    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    Blackbirds go into hibernation this time of year so maybe that's what you are seeing. Once the good hibernation spots are taken the rest just hibernate wherever they can.
    That would be aestivation, not hibernation, because it's summer. And blackbirds don't do that.


  • #34
    bogwalrus
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    Saw two dead black birds on the side of quiet country road here in Cork. They looked young enough. I was thinking maybe a bird of prey killed them but their bodies did not look damaged. I got up very close to check.

    Only other thing I could think of was maybe poison of some sort be it from a type of Berry or farm land related.


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