Hundreds of birds die in western Ky.

Why don't the horses die? The Bluegrass state has more horses than birds.

Bluegrass State wrote:

Why don't the horses die? The Bluegrass state has more horses than birds.

Good question, and interesting too. I know someone that had two horses that did die, but they were struck by lightning. It may be possible that lightning was responsible for the birds death as well.

Rattlesnake Pete wrote:

<quoted text>Ummmm, that sounds good, especially since I'm out of coffee!

At night, I enjoy either chamomile or raspberry tea. Chamomile helps you relax. But be careful with raspberry or the likes. It can tweak you out sometimes.
(These herbal teas can be tricky, lol).

I also keep fresh and wild locally 'grown' honey around the house.(Do you GROW honey? Hmmmm) Oh well. That and Agave nectar are always in my cupboards. Both are super foods and a natural alternative to refined sugars.

Never mind, lets just say it's locally 'harvested' honey. ROFLMBO!!

Rattlesnake Pete wrote:

<quoted text>Good question, and interesting too. I know someone that had two horses that did die, but they were struck by lightning. It may be possible that lightning was responsible for the birds death as well.

Cows aren't dying like that either. Hmmm. Good point. Food for thought...

Maybe it's because birds are so much more sensitive? It doesn't take much in the way of any type of pollution to kill them. Years ago, I had a large cage out on my patio once with a dove and a parakeet in it. My dear friend started up his Harley under the patio overhang, which smoked while it idled, and both of my pet birds died within the hour.....

Perhaps bovine and equine species aren't as susceptible to pollutants as little fragile birds are?? But that wouldn't account for the sea creatures that are washing ashore by the thousands, would it?

_-_Nope_-_ wrote:

<quoted text>
At night, I enjoy either chamomile or raspberry tea. Chamomile helps you relax. But be careful with raspberry or the likes. It can tweak you out sometimes.
(These herbal teas can be tricky, lol).
I also keep fresh and wild locally 'grown' honey around the house.(Do you GROW honey? Hmmmm) Oh well. That and Agave nectar are always in my cupboards. Both are super foods and a natural alternative to refined sugars.

You "grow" the clover, they do the rest! My uncle used to keep bees. Whenever someone would spot a swarm, he would go up to them, beating on an old pan or something to draw them in, and then scrape them off into a burlap sack. Not for the timid. I wouldn't doubt he knew Walter T. Kelley personally!

LOL! Thanks, R PETE. Guess I'm getting droopyeyed. My gray matter isn't very "with it" tonight, ha!

I'm going to head off to bed. Hope to see you all tomorrow! Sleep tight everyone!

May God bless us all, till then and afterward as well!!

*Poof*

Bluegrass State wrote:

Why don't the horses die? The Bluegrass state has more horses than birds.

There was a big horse die off a couple years ago, paniced the entire thoroughbred industry. But while there are lots of horses and cattle in Kentucky; they don't comgregate in masses like birds.

It is the quantity of deaths in one place that makes the news. If there is some environmental disaster and the only loss is some old hermit that resides out in the woods such as myself, it won't be newsworthy. But let it hit the cities, then see the panic.

Same with the fish, since they travel in schools of large numbers. JUst look at what is dying. It is the "herd" mentality. Mad cow disease... You would rarely hear that something happened to Ol Joe's one lone milk cow.

Same with people. Some nut goes off his rocker and shoots his neighbor, that is just local unless the media can attribute it to mass racsim, hatred for different life-styles or gender preferences. But some one fires up a dozen people in the post office, school, theater, or McDonalds... those are shots heard around the world.

Could it be that there is really nothing new here, except the rapid and instantaneous reporting?

@ Una - Thanks! I will call them 'salt pickles' now instead of 'you know, Mom, I'm fixing/eating the sliced cucumbers with onions in vinegar with salt and pepper'!
@ AW - That's my husband's opinion on a lot of this : rapid, widespread reporting has made us more aware of the natural occurrances. I'm not sure about that though. My 98 yo grandmother has noticed things like the decrease of insects and can't remember that happening before. Of course, the cycle of it all may be every couple hundred years so it's no wonder it would seem strange to her also.

The winter of 1977-78 was extremely cold and there was a massive fish kill in Central Kentucky and a decline of insects during the summer of 1978. The insects are a food source for some of the fishes.

That occurred at the same time as a 7 year re-occuring low life cycle for some fishes and the Department of Fish and Wildlife increased some of their stocking programs.

Of course, we did not have the internet back then to tell all about it or to generate discussions among the populace, nor did New york City media care much about a fish kill in Kentucky. It was more important to talk about Jimmy Carter lol

That which don't kill us, is already weaker than us.

One thing for sure, all those things that made me stronger sure do hurt a lot these days.

Ancient Wolf wrote:

The winter of 1977-78 was extremely cold and there was a massive fish kill in Central Kentucky and a decline of insects during the summer of 1978. The insects are a food source for some of the fishes.
That occurred at the same time as a 7 year re-occuring low life cycle for some fishes and the Department of Fish and Wildlife increased some of their stocking programs.
Of course, we did not have the internet back then to tell all about it or to generate discussions among the populace, nor did New york City media care much about a fish kill in Kentucky. It was more important to talk about Jimmy Carter lol

Remember that one well! I learned not to walk across frozen swampland with hip-waders on. Fortunately, when I fell through, it was close to the bank, and shallow. Shivered me timbers though!

Ancient Wolf wrote:

The winter of 1977-78 was extremely cold and there was a massive fish kill in Central Kentucky and a decline of insects during the summer of 1978. The insects are a food source for some of the fishes.
That occurred at the same time as a 7 year re-occuring low life cycle for some fishes and the Department of Fish and Wildlife increased some of their stocking programs.
Of course, we did not have the internet back then to tell all about it or to generate discussions among the populace, nor did New york City media care much about a fish kill in Kentucky. It was more important to talk about Jimmy Carter lol

I remember that well, it got as low as 20 degrees below 0 and stayed below 0 for 2 weeks straight. But over the winter it was so cold and lots of snow.

But don't remember anything about a big fish kill.

tinponyrider wrote:

But don't remember anything about a big fish kill.

That was exactly my point on the dispersal of information that the internet affords. Without internet or news media, a big fish kill in Central Kentucky was known only locally and that by the people that frequented that particular lake. I would never have even known about the West Ky. Bird deaths without the internet.

abc wrote:

@ Una - Thanks! I will call them 'salt pickles' now instead of 'you know, Mom, I'm fixing/eating the sliced cucumbers with onions in vinegar with salt and pepper'!
@ AW - That's my husband's opinion on a lot of this : rapid, widespread reporting has made us more aware of the natural occurrances. I'm not sure about that though. My 98 yo grandmother has noticed things like the decrease of insects and can't remember that happening before. Of course, the cycle of it all may be every couple hundred years so it's no wonder it would seem strange to her also.

You're welcome. You can have my part of them. Lol.

The USDA has been under fire recently for its admitted assault against nature, after multiple investigations have uncovered its deliberate tampering with both plants and animals alike. One such investigation has put an end to the mystery surrounding the death of millions of birds, with USDA documents revealing the organization’s role in the massive slaughter. In addition to the mass bird killings, it turns out the USDA was fully aware that a highly-popular herbicide chemical was a known bee-killer, which may have aided the bee decline. The USDA has also threatened the genetic integrity of the nation’s crops. Information has surfaced regarding the USDA’s illegal approval of Monsanto’s biotech crop, sugar beets. These crimes are simply an excerpt from the long list of USDA crimes that are continually being exposed.

In December of 2010, mystery struck the world. Reports of mass fish and bird die-offs were coming in from Texas to Sweden. The first occurrence in the series of strange events started in Arkansas, where 3,000 birds fell from the sky. In the following days and weeks, similar incidents were reported with no solid explanation. The reason has now been found, thanks to documents found on the USDA’s website. Claiming to be protecting farmers from predators, the birds were victims of a little-known government program. Like millions of other animals since the Bye Bye Blackbird program was created in the 1960?s, the birds were poisoned and killed for being considered a nuisance to farmers. It is important to take note that many of these animals don’t pose any immediate threat to farmers.

That's an older article. I had just never read or heard that stuff before.