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And here is another story sort of summing it all up

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... rdsfalling


but I would really be interested in any more information on the Swedish case of dead black birds.

More bird deaths - this time in Romania, and an explanation too - binge drinking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/12170571

Apparently nobody told the poor birds that booze only makes you THINK you are warm in winter. Poor birds, but they probably "felt no pain" when they expired! (I know, a poor joke.)

And I heard the Italian birds died of over consumption (of some kind of seed?).

I notice often birds don't eat all that much fresh fruit, but the last time I was at Finley Wildlife refuge, which has a fair number of apple trees as a former farm area, I noticed the Towees were absolutely munching down on the apples -- I suppose alcohol might have been a danger for them.

Dishwashers are a source of pathological fungii
According to The British Mycological Society journal published recently: fungii from dishwashers are harmful.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 29#FCANote

from our newspaper yesterday. The consequences I don't know.
Nor the solution.( have'nt read the full article...and there is,maybe copyright)

edit: e.g.Exopiala fungus is reported elsewhere in the home. Like bathroom,in the sauna,Turkish baths.
Its a fungus that loves 42° PLUS temps. for profligation.
I think its that black trace left around the bathtub or washing machine.
Its harmful.

In court these people were convicted for vet.medicines smuggling;

http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2011/07/08 ... smuggling/
What next ?

A study of the spread of Lyme disease and fears for the future. i.e. Biodiversity changes

http://www.amnh.org/sciencebulletins/

Good clear video.

About dead blackbirds in UK - they died of alcohol poisoning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20180091

Very interesting Jo.

I just saw this topic the other day and this is the first chance I have had to post in it.

In regards to the red-wing blackbirds, found dead. This did not happen only in Arkansas. It also happened in Louisiana, as well, just days apart.

A lot of us in the owl groups were discussing it at the time it happened and I know the findings were that it must be because of fireworks and I quickly pointed out that this NEVER happens on the 4th of July, so why only one specific holiday, rather than any holiday that fireworks are set off?

I seriously doubt that it was the fireworks that caused them to fly to their deaths.