Hundreds of Dead Birds Fall from sky in Maryland

Maryland state officials say hundreds of birds were killed on Interstate 95 near Laurel, bringing traffic to a crawl.

Maryland natural resources officials suspect a flock may have flown into a passing truck on Wednesday afternoon. State highway officials say power lines crossing over the highway may also be to blame. The dead starlings slowed traffic for several hours as highway crews used shovels to remove the birds from the roadway.

The Department of Natural Resources says they don't believe the birds were poisoned. However, samples taken from the birds are being analyzed as a precaution.
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Thousands of Birds Crash LAnd into WAL-MART Parking Lot

A Walmart parking lot in Cedar City, Utah was the site of mass carnage when thousands of birds crashed into the pavement Monday night, reports Brian Ahern at The Spectrum. 

Wildlife officials believe that the flock of migrating Grebes, a duck-like aquatic bird, was confused by storm clouds that made the parking lot look like a flat body of water.  

Though at least 1,500 birds perished in the crash-landing, rescue crews managed to save more than 2,000 birds as of late Tuesday and have been releasing them in a nearby pond, according to the AP. 

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