Beebe Arkansas : 1000s' Of Birds Fall From The Sky "OMG"

Beebe, Arkansas , wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than a 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town .

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner  said Saturday  that it began receiving reports about dead birds about 11:30p.m. the previous night . The birds fell over a 1 mile area of Beebe ,Arkansas  and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area .

Commissioner  ornithologist Karen Rowe said the birds showed  physical trauma , and she speculated  that "the flock could have been hit by lighting or high-altitude haik .

The Commissioner said that the New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks in the area could have startled the birds from their roost and caused then to die from stress .

Robby King , a wildlife officer for the agency , collected about 65 dead birds , which will be sent to the state Livestock and Poultry  commission Lab and the National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison , Wisconsin.

Rowe said that similar events have occured elsewhere  and that test results  "usually were inconclusive." She said she doubted the birds were poisoned .

Just a thought :Here's hoping it was a freak of nature and nature causes .