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Mass Blackbird Die-Off Stuns Arkansas and Louisiana
A bevy of mass wildlife deaths shocks the Southeast as Louisiana reports about 500 dead blackbirds along a Baton Rouge highway and Beebe, Arkansas, counts 4 000 to 5 000 red winged blackbirds after New Year fireworks. Biologists pursue causes while officials send samples to Madison and Athens.
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Beebe
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee Parish
National Wildlife Health Center
Madison
Wis
University of Georgia
Thurman Booth
Wildlife Services
Arkansas River
U.S. Geological Service
Houston
Minn
North America
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Ithaca