In Mexico, hundreds of blackbirds fall abruptly from sky, several dead: Reports

In an unexplainable circumstance, a large flock of yellow-heed blackbirds have been falling from sky and abruptly dying in rrn Mexican city of Cuauhtemoc.  horrifying incident has been recorded on a security camera. Furr, majority of flock recovered after fall and flew away, but hundreds of birds perished when y crashed on ground. According to security camera video, falling of bird looked like a cloud of black, dark smoke descending rapidly from sky,  Guardian reported. 

According to Times of Israel, at approximately 5 am, on February 7, residents ticed birds, which were recognised as 'yellow-heed blackbirds', falling from sky. birds all came crumbling down to ground at same time in a peculiar manner, with several soaring to air again while ors remained on ground. More than 100 de birds have been discovered, according to local authorities. 

Speculations behind death of blackbirds in Cuauhtemoc 

Despite fact that reason for mass death is unkwn, according to local newspaper El Heraldo de Chihuahua, which first published incident, a veterinarian speculated that high pollution levels, caused by us of wood-burning heaters, agrochemicals, as well as cold temperature in area, maybe reason behind occurrence. 

While ar ory suggested that birds may have been electrocuted while resting on electrical lines. It was speculated on social media that 5G techlogy may have been to blame, as per Guardian.  

Even though a raptor is t seen in clip, Dr Richard Broughton, an ecologist at United Kingdom Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, claimed that he has been 99% certain that it was caused by a predatory bird. A predator might have caused birds to swirl tightly and force m towards earth, causing lower birds to smash into houses or ground. 

“This looks like a raptor-like a peregrine or hawk has been chasing a flock as y do with murmurating starlings, and y have crashed as flock was forced low. You can see that y act as a wave at beginning as if y are being flushed from above,” Broughton was quoted by Guardian as saying. se migratory birds h been wintering in Mexico and h flown in from rrn Cana. 

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