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Hundreds of dead birds cover Rome street
A man has filmed hundreds of birds found dead on a Rome street soon after firework displays in the city.
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Dead bird in Rome (1 Viewer)
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Andy Adcock
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Suggested cause, fireworks?
Hundreds of dead birds cover Rome street
A man has filmed hundreds of birds found dead on a Rome street soon after firework displays in the city.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Arbu
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I guess they are feral pigeons? Looks like it from the video.Hundreds of dead birds cover Rome street
A man has filmed hundreds of birds found dead on a Rome street soon after firework displays in the city.www.bbc.co.uk
Arbu
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Oh yes, I guess so. I remember seeing a huge flock of starlings over Rome once.
RafaelMatias
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Yep, Starlings. And sad, indeed.
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
It wasn’t even a legal firework display apparently ☹️
RafaelMatias
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Some years ago it was announced that silent fireworks would start to be used (because dogs get crazy with the blasts), I think one of the places was actually Rome. It seems it never happened, unfortunately.
dantheman
Bah humbug
The idea went down like an led balloon?
locustella
Well-known member
Fireworks are nice, but this is sad, although statistically insignificant.
This year in Warsaw, around midnight, terrified crow birds, probably rooks, were fleeing from fireworks from time to time, even in groups. Raven birds rarely fly with lantern lights all year around too.
One year, scared dog of my neighbor's was killed by a car.
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Perhaps AUTOPSY would shed light on that strange event - broken bones, damaged internal organs, heart attacks. But nobody takes care about details. Most likely they got scared to death, panicked and hit something - buildings, themselves. But maybe the roar of fireworks temporarily disabled their brains or they got blind or they started to follow fireworks instead of stars or lost orientation in another way or felt dizzy from following moving fireworks and started vomiting ON EACH OTHER in flight like on a merry-go-round or they inhaled smoke and started choking or their eyes ran dry ?
This year in Warsaw, around midnight, terrified crow birds, probably rooks, were fleeing from fireworks from time to time, even in groups. Raven birds rarely fly with lantern lights all year around too.
One year, scared dog of my neighbor's was killed by a car.
Edited later:
Perhaps AUTOPSY would shed light on that strange event - broken bones, damaged internal organs, heart attacks. But nobody takes care about details. Most likely they got scared to death, panicked and hit something - buildings, themselves. But maybe the roar of fireworks temporarily disabled their brains or they got blind or they started to follow fireworks instead of stars or lost orientation in another way or felt dizzy from following moving fireworks and started vomiting ON EACH OTHER in flight like on a merry-go-round or they inhaled smoke and started choking or their eyes ran dry ?
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