Fireworks may have caused Arkansas bird deaths

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'Aflockalypse' Not Now: Mass Bird Deaths Rare, Not End of World, Experts Say.

Birds falling from the sky worldwide - like the 700 turtledoves that mysteriously fell in the northwestern Italian city of Faenza - are freak events without unusual but not apocalyptic causes, experts say.Storms, hail or lightning can kill birds while tornadoes or waterspouts may suck up small fish or frogs and drop them far away. Human causes, such as fireworks, power lines or a collision with a truck, may explain avian deaths.That hasn't stopped doomsday theorists from dubbing the incidents "aflockalypse," however, or limited the end-of-the world talk. In the latest incident, turtledoves that are often seen throughout the area left behind a scene evocative of a Hitchcock movie as their carcasses piled up over the last five days, according to local news agency Corriere della Sera.

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Note: Update record,Published January 07, 2011