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Dead birds

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  • 27-05-2020 12:01am
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    sullivlo
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    Apologies if this is the wrong forum...

    I was out walking earlier and I saw 3 dead birds. They were all on the footpath, separated by about 1.5km (from first to last).

    They were just dead - not squashed by a car or bleeding out or anything.

    One was a small brown bird (perhaps a female blackbird), one was a magpie and one looked like a baby bird of some sorts (bigger than the small brown one but very scrawny/fluffy, similar to how a chick looks when hatched).

    Anyway! After the first I thought “you rarely see a dead bird” and remembered a conversation I had years ago. So it got me thinking after seeing 3 - could there be something dodgy in the area, and if so, is there someone I should contact?

    Dublin 11 area - Poppintree Park/Jamestown Road direction.

    Mentioned to a friend that lives locally and he said there is a rat infestation in the locality and knows of a few houses that got Rentokil (or equivalent) in. Could that be the cause?

    Thanks in advance, and apologies if it’s the wrong forum.


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    Birdnuts
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    Its more likely given the species that they got a glancing blow from a vehicle and died from internal injuries on the payment


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    Effects
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    sullivlo wrote: »
    So it got me thinking after seeing 3 - could there be something dodgy in the area, and if so, is there someone I should contact?

    Dublin 11 area - Poppintree Park/Jamestown Road direction.

    Jamestown Road has the first 5G mast set up for use outside of test sites.
    QED.


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    sullivlo
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    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Its more likely given the species that they got a glancing blow from a vehicle and died from internal injuries on the payment

    3 in a 1.5km space when there normally wouldn’t even be one?
    Effects wrote: »
    Jamestown Road has the first 5G mast set up for use outside of test sites.
    QED.

    That’s it! I knew I felt differently when walking there recently.


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    Doctors room ghost
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    I’ve noticed a good few crows dead on the ditches in the past week.


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    magicbastarder
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    sullivlo wrote: »
    3 in a 1.5km space when there normally wouldn’t even be one?
    it is fledging time, so lots of young birds bumbling around with no street sensibility.


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