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01/03/2011 - Interpretation of dali48
About two miles north of the little town of Kingsville, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Erie, is the bird sanctuary of Jack Miner. From his boyhood years, Jack loved the woods and the things of nature - the birds and animals, the trees and lakes and crisp air and fresh sunshine.
Miner's love for birds found vent in very practical ways. Not only did he shelter and feed the thousands of hungry birds that visited his sanctuary year by year, but in his lectures and by his example -- he strove to influence people to protect rather than to wipe out our feathered friends... (J. Wei)
Officials also speculated that fireworks shot by New Year's revelers in the area might have caused severe stress in the birds. Rowe said Sunday there was evidence that large fireworks may have played a role.
"Initial examinations of a few of the dead birds showed trauma. Whether or not this trauma was from the force of hitting the ground when they fell or from something that contacted them in the air, we don't know," Rowe said.
The dead birds will be sent for testing to labs at the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and the National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin... (CNN)
Anyone can feed wild birds in your back yard or when travelling, although for those people who do not have enough room in their own back yard for a bird aviary, you can still interact with beautiful wild birds. Like humans birds are doing it tough with governments chopping down their trees where they shelter from the weather and build their nests to rear their young... (E. Hughes)
Creepy discovery in the state of Arkansas on the first night of the new year: About 1,000 birds there fell literally out of the blue to the ground.
Experts from various fields have studied the possible causes of the unusual incident at the weekend. All birds fell within a distance of about two kilometers to the ground - outside of this area not a single dead bird was found.
One ornithologist suggested, according to "World Online", that the birds could have died of stress due to trauma. The reason for this could have been lightning, hail or even New Year's Eve fireworks (I guess a cloud poisoned by fireworks - see "fireworks instead of bread", etc. - d.48). It is still a conjecture - there isn't any proof yet. So far, the unusual incident remains a mystery... (Web.de)
December, 20 - International Day of Human Solidarity ... (dali48)
How we decide today, the world will look like tomorrow ... (B. Pasternak)
Beginning of Winter 2009 in Erkrath. - What kind of bird isn't twittering to me in the masses of snow (-12°C), pressing itself for protection against a stony wall and asking for food - it's a little wren ... (dali48)
"We plant a tree or go vegetarian = carbon offsetting" ... "Cutting trees down doesn't help neutralise the exchange of carbon dioxide to oxygen" ... "Planting more trees is the key (see e.g. "Canal du Midi" - Toulouse/Sète etc. - d.48), not stopping airtravel" (see e.g. Ashes over Europe etc. - d.48) ... (shazwellyn)
Interpretation of dali48
Most wrens are small and rather inconspicuous, except for their loud and often complex songs. Notable exceptions are the relatively large members of the genus Campylorhynchus, which can be quite bold in their behavior. Wrens have short wings that are barred in most species, and they often hold their tails upright. As far as known, wrens are primarily insectivorous, eating insects, spiders and other small arthropods, but many species also eat vegetable matter and some will take small frogs/lizards...
The wren is also known as kuningilin "kinglet" in Old High German, a name associated with a legend of an election of the "king of birds". The bird who could fly to the highest altitude would be made king. The eagle outflew all other birds, but he was beaten by a small bird who had hidden in his plumage. This legend is already known to Aristotle and Plinius, and was taken up by medieval authors such as Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, but it concerns Regulus, and is apparently motivated by the yellow "crown" sported by these birds (a point noted already by Ludwig Uhland). In modern German the name is "Zaunkönig", king of the fence (or bush)...
Wrens are principally a New World Family, distributed from Alaska and Canada to southern Argentina, with the greatest species richness in the Neotropics. As suggested by its name, the Eurasian Wren is the only species of wren found outside the Americas, as restricted to Europe, Asia and northern Africa (it was formerly considered conspecific with the Winter Wren and Pacific Wren of North America) ... (Wikipedia)
tillsontitan
I am a bird lover and have to admit this is a good question. I got a little confused going from Ontario to Arkansas but I think you are saying the same thing happened in both places?
dali48
Thank you tillsontitan, for your Comment. - I've added a second interpretation, etc... on http://www.dali48.blogspot.com
On December 31 of 2021, thousands of starling birds were found dead outside Rome's main train station. The loud fireworks were to blame. The incident has been labelled a massacre by the International Organisation for the Protection of Animal Rights (IOPA).31.12.2022
