Some 500 blackbirds have been discovered dead in Louisiana, just days after the discovery of 5,000 similar dead birds in Beebe, Arkansas.
The dead bird events began on New Year’s Eve when authorities claim 5,000 red-wing blackbirds were frightened by fireworks and fell from the sky dead. Necropsies of the birds revealed that the otherwise healthy birds died in midair, and suffered internal bleeding concentrated in the chest area.
On Tuesday, 500 starlings were found dead in Pointe Coupee Parish in Louisiana, in a town called Labarre on Highway 10.
Dozens of dead blackbirds are also now being reported in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, after being discovered in a woman's backyard.
A number of theories are beginning to emerge as to the cause of the additional bird deaths in Louisiana, including chemical spraying from aircraft. However, no official cause of death has been discovered as of yet.
Authorities are not certain if all the dead bird events are related, or if they are somehow connected to the death of 100,000 fish that were found dead in Ozark, Arkansas 24 hours after the birds in Beebe died.
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