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Probatim

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4. There have been reports in PA of the same issue.

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Original post)

Fri Jun 25, 2021, 07:22 AM

Jun 2021

Some people are attributing it to insecticides being used on cicadas.

The 17 year cicada brood shows up in the billions and birds eat them all day long. Our reptilian brain sees and hears that many bugs and goes into defense mode - MUST KILL!!!

So they spray the bugs. The birds eat the bugs and then die.

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We have a serious bird problem in KY and surrounding states. [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2021 OP

Thanks for the heads up! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2021 #1

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I wonder about birds in my area... 2naSalit Jun 2021 #3

There have been reports in PA of the same issue. Probatim Jun 2021 #4

Every time something like this shows up in birdland... pazzyanne Jun 2021 #6

It is a disgrace and immoral. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #8

I read the reports/comments on the ABA's Rare Bird Email list. Probatim Jun 2021 #9

Another tragedy unfolds. Wait for the wildlife scientists and biologists to weigh in soon. Damn. Evolve Dammit Jun 2021 #5

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seriously, check the pig farms. Javaman Jun 2021 #10