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No Wonder They’re Angry: 13.7 Million Birds are Dying Every Day in the U.S.

January 20, 2011 | by Climate Progress | HS News Network

At the beginning of this month when about 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in one night in Arkansas, biologists were called on to put a damper on public speculation about pesticides and secret military tests by reminding everyone how many birds there are and how many die. They often do so as a result of human activity, but in far more mundane and dispiriting ways than conspiracy buffs might imagine. continue reading »