The first incident was reported on February 8th and involved large numbers of dead starlings found on a road alongside the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Here are some of the images from that event:
The other incident was recorded in Crimea's Donuzlav region on February 11th.
The article (with translation by Google) contains the following:
According to an eyewitness who wished to remain anonymous, dead ducks are on the entire bank of the spit from the side of Lake Donuzlav.Here is a video from this second event, showing numerous dead long-tailed ducks along the water's edge:
"They are lying everywhere: on the shore, in the water, on the road leading to the Sand Quarry, which is at the entrance to the lake. What happened - I do not understand, I was there a week ago, this was not," the user writes.
The incident in Mexico reportedly occurred on January 17th. At least 40 dead birds were discovered along a 300m length of cyclepath in the city of Ciudad Obregรณn. Here are some images taken by locals:
These incidents should be seen in the context of a long series of similar mysterious events over the last decade. The following is a short compilation of such events from across the planet:
- The riddle of hundreds of starlings falling from the sky in Rome
- At least 20 starlings found dead along road in Lyons Brook, Canada
- More than 200 hundred starlings fall from the sky in Draper, Utah
- 100 Rare parrots found dead on road in New South Wales, Australia
- Dozens of blood-soaked starlings found scattered along road in Bad Wildungen, Germany
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