« The birds - most of which were dead - were red-winged blackbirds and starlings, and they were found within a one-mile area of Beebe, about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said... » « The commission said it flew over the area to gauge the scope of the event, and no birds were found outside of the initial one-mile area.
Karen Rowe, an ornithologist for the commission, said the incident is not that unusual and is often caused by a lightning strike or high-altitude hail.... » (see the all story in CNN website http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/... )
Des milliers d'oiseaux morts en Arkansas dans la nuit du 31 décembre 2010 au 1er janvier 2011 (plus de 5000 oiseaux tués, uniquement dans un rayon de moins de 2 kilomètres autour de la ville de Beebe)
« (CNN) -- Arkansas officials are investigating the death of an estimated 100,000 fish in the state's northwest, but suspect disease was to blame, a state spokesman said Sunday.
Dead drum fish floated in the water and lined the banks of a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River near Ozark, about 125 miles northwest of Little Rock, said Keith Stephens of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission... » (see the all story in CNN website http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/02/... )