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Was the cause of the multi-state dead bird epidemic (shortly after New Years 2011) ever determined?
gpt
Selective reporting. Flocks of birds sometimes die off in large numbers due to trauma (most birds are pretty much one loud noise away from death at all times). Once the Arkansas death was picked up by the news-- forgetting to mention that it happens all the time-- a whole bunch of flock deaths started to get reported, whereas usually they'd be ignored.