Jump to content

100's of dead Starlings


Mr gen
 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 58
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

1) There are no overhead wires along that road. 2) They were found only on the road and verges along a short stretch. 3) Starlings don't gather en masse no tarmaced road surfaces.

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes

So they must have been killed elsewhere and somebody dropped them from a moving vehicle to dispose of the bodies. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I have discounted poison as they would have all, had to digest the same amount at the same time to fall as they did. power lines, again seems impossible as they are only small birds so only perch on one phase at a time so no amount of fault current would affect them. I cant wait to hear what the BBC post mortem reveals.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ah now I knew all my years of watching the history/discovery channel would come in handy. There was a similar case where hundreds of dead starlings were found scattered over a small area, dead as a door nail. They concluded that a perfect storm of weather conditions, predators and a massive conflagration of starlings. I can't remember exactly the weather conditions but they pretty much crashed into each other and knocked each other out of the sky to fall to their death. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 13/12/2019 at 00:01, Mr gen said:

I have discounted poison as they would have all, had to digest the same amount at the same time to fall as they did. power lines, again seems impossible as they are only small birds so only perch on one phase at a time so no amount of fault current would affect them. I cant wait to hear what the BBC post mortem reveals.

 

I once saw a pheasant or crow drop off a power line as I was driving along the motorway,  very very  unlikely it was shot, just fell like a stone.

Can't believe no ones said punt gun, does look odd though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Same thing happened with Crows last year. Police put it down to white van drivers. All birds had traces of white paint on their beaks and broken necks.

After extensive investigations they concluded that it was due to the fact that the lookout crow could only shout out the warning Car Car and not Van Van.  🙄

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...