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Tulsa County and state experts say severe weather is to blame.
Officials speculate lightning and thunder scared the birds out of the trees, causing them to either fly or be blown back into trees and buildings. Most of the birds were found near a local Walmart. Experts are also speculating the birds were so soaked with rain, they died from hypothermia.
State wildlife experts say bird die-offs are common after severe weather.
They also say there is no threat of disease from the dead birds.
don't "scare" birds, they just take biologically natural precautions like sheltering. Up until the last several years, bird die-offs after thunderstorms were unusual. When you were a kid, don't you remember that after a storm passed (even those producing tornadoes), the birds came right back out again, singing and going about whatever business they were up to before the storm struck. Try looking at microbursts. Also, birds, as well as anything else organic, can carry disease, whether dead or alive. People who don't know anything about "nature" shouldn't be allowed to placate or scare the population.