POLAR SHIFT-COULD THIS HAVE KILLED THE BIRDS,FISH

MASS ANIMAL DEATHS MAP
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DOUG - LAURIE ON BIRD DEATHS-JAN 7,11 HOURS 2-3
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Fish & Bird kills: are we getting answers or being placated?
By Douglas J. Hagmann

7 January 2011: Readers looking for reassuring evidence that the recent massive die offs of fish and birds will find comfort in knowing that such events are historically not all that uncommon. Weather, pollution, parasites and disease are reported as the major culprits behind such events, even as reported yesterday by Glenn Beck. That appears to be the safe, middle-of-the-road explanation. It might even be the correct explanation. But what if it’s not? Also, why are we treated with absurd explanations by our government when the truth, if it is indeed the truth, would be more convincing? The official government explanation for public consumption, as reported by the corporate media, is that the massive bird kill in Arkansas was the result of loud noises created by New Year’s celebratory fireworks. Spooked and disoriented by the loud noises created by the fireworks, some 5,000 red wing blackbirds were roused from their resting positions and flew into one another and other stationary objects, causing massive blunt force trauma to their internal organs, killing them and causing them to rain from the sky like something out of a Stephen King Novel.

In the event you remain unconvinced, veteran bird curator at the Smithsonian Greg Graves has gone on record, saying that the significance of the event has been exaggerated and the massive die off is not such a big deal. Sure enough, as about 163 such events are reported on an annual basis, although most seem to fly under the radar due to location and other factors (pun intended).About the blackbirds, Graves stated that [t]The blackbirds are considered a nuisance, especially in the south where large winter roosts occur. In large numbers, they can be noisy, messy and destructive, much like those of us who are in the general unanointed population. (Okay, I added that last portion of the sentence for effect).As to the estimated 100,000 fish found dead within days of the bird deaths just 125 miles away in the Arkansas River, and another 500 blackbirds found dead in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, those incidents could be completely unrelated, noted Mr. Graves. That sentiment was echoed by government officials as well.Before dismissing the concerns of us regular folks by citing statistics and general causes, however, shouldn’t we be getting answers that are specific to the latest series of incidents? Or at least have someone asking direct and specific questions instead of relying on anecdotal evidence? After all, we are supposedly at war, and our enemy has made it clear their intent to use biological and chemical weapons. If that is indeed a legitimate threat, doesn’t it make sense to know the truth before shrugging the events off to natural happenstance?

Possible national security implications

After receiving several e-mails about this matter, including one from a soldier with extensive biological and chemical experience currently serving in Iraq, I thought it was time to begin conducting my own investigation. After all, Janet Napolitano is currently busy assisting American troops with reinforcement of the border (between Pakistan and Afghanistan, that is). Perhaps that is the reason that I could find no one in the media posing any direct questions to the Department of Homeland Security about biological or chemical concerns. As I already noted, others are simply relying on anecdotal evidence to support their conclusions that there is nothing to see here.The first thing I learned, which at first blush supports the historical evidence, is that strange animal deaths en masse have been reported over the years for reasons that one would not ordinarily expect. There have been reports of flying fish and raining frogs, for example, that were legitimately traced to nearby tornado activity. Not everything is a conspiracy. Odd, yes, but neither nefarious nor completely inexplicable.The second thing I learned is much more disconcerting. Uncomfortable with merely relying on statistics, I thought I would pose specific questions about the recent wildlife deaths to the very agency within our government that was created to protect us from threats within our homeland. What I found was troublesome and makes me believe they are not doing their job, at least not in this instance.Shortly after 9:00 this morning, I called the Department of Homeland Security office in Washington, and the DHS Threat Fusion Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which covers Arkansas. I introduced myself and my purpose for calling, which was to verify that the Department of Homeland Security has an open investigation into the two incidents involving the bird and fish deaths in Arkansas, given what we know about the current bio-chemical threats to the U.S.

At both locations, I was greeted by pleasant individuals who promptly sent me into telephone transfer hell, and finally to a male DHS agent at the latter location who declined to give his name to the media. It was that office and that person I needed to speak with, I was assured by DHS-HQ.When asked if the Department of Homeland Security is investigating or assisting in the investigation of the two incidents, he stated that the DHS is aware of the incidents but not involved in any capacity. None.
The following is a verbatim transcript of my conversation with the DHS official after being told of the purpose of my contact and providing a proper introduction, and after the official denying any DHS involvement in the matter.Investigative oversight? I asked. No, came the reply.Well, isn’t it possible that the deaths could be, however remote, the result of the release of a chemical or biological agent? I asked.It’s highly unlikely, very doubtful, he replied.How do you know? Have you been in contact with anyone engaged in the necropsies of the birds or fish? I asked.

Uh, no,he replied.Well. if you’re not involved in the investigation in any capacity, how do you know? I pressed.We would know, came his reply.Okay, my last question, sir. Would you know if the deaths could be from any action of the U.S. military, such as the Dugway sheep incident back in the late ’60′s? Or would you be informed of-At that point, he interrupted me, saying: This has nothing to do with the military and is not a matter under DHS review.Our conversation concluded at that point. Clearly, he was becoming agitated by my continuing questions. Before hanging up, I again asked him for his name for the purpose of this article, but he declined citing the same reason.

Research of significant incidents

After combing through numerous news articles and contacting several wildlife agencies, I confirmed that over the last few years, there have been several significant incidents involving the strange or large number of deaths of wildlife in the U.S. and elsewhere. Some can be attributed to the nature of things. Others, well, perhaps not.On 26 July 2002, for example, Paul Sperry reported that during the 18 months previous to that article, health officials in Washington, DC found 407 dead birds infected with the West Nile virus, including two that were picked up at the White House. The method of infection of West Nile into the bird population of the U.S., and specifically into the DC birds themselves, has never been satisfactorily explained.On 21 December 2007, several dozen birds described as a flock of Purple Martins fell from the sky over New York City. Many were found scattered across Staten Island, either falling from the sky or landing, then fall over and begin to twitch and flap as they died. This incident is particularly significant by the very graphic nature of actual amateur video taken of one of the birds after it fell to the ground. Aside from the fact that the birds should have been long gone from that area, the video is clearly indicative of something other than anecdotal evidence that nothing is amiss.

I was surprised by the number of recent wildlife deaths and compiled a list of significant incidents at the end of this article. I also found it interesting the similarities between previous unexplained incidents and those being reported now. For example, on 8 January 2007, Esperance, a town near Perth in Western Australia, was declared a natural disaster area after several hundred birds dropped dead out of the sky and onto people’s lawns over a wide area. At about the same time and halfway around the world, the streets in Austin, Texas were closed as officials cleaned up hundreds of dead birds that also inexplicably fell dead from the sky. To date, neither incident has been sufficiently explained. According to the Australian report, some birds were observed convulsing on the ground before they died.Nothing out of the ordinary? Perhaps another look at the video from Staten Island might be in order.The reports today appear similar in nature. It’s easy to dismiss the incidents as freaks of nature, or insisting, without evidence, that there is nothing to see here as many are.Although the entirety of massive kills listed below could have innocuous explanations, I believe that we deserve to know the truth. We deserve better from our investigative agencies, making sure that they are on top of things, while making sure that they are not merely the domestic authoritative arms for global restructuring.Based on my research, I doubt that we will be told the whole truth behind each of these deaths, unless, of course, someday, someone, releases a report like the 1994 GAO accounting of the Dugway sheep kill incident. By then, though, will it matter? I sense that if we continue to accept the inane explanations, fail to ask questions, or continue on our path of blissful ignorance, it is us who might become the next statistic.

Listing of significant incidents
Date of occurrence: 31 December 2010-Location: Beebe, AR-Type of Animal: Red wing Blackbirds-Numbers: About 5,000 (estimates widely vary)
Official explanation/comments: Fireworks frightened birds, causing disorientation
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=T2

Notes: Necropsy findings: Necropsies performed Monday on the birds in Arkansas showed the birds suffered internal injuries that formed blood clots leading to their deaths.

Date of occurrence: 29 December 2010-Location: Arkansas River, Ozark Lock & Dam
Type of Animal: Freshwater Drum fish between 6-11 inches long-Numbers: 83,000-100,000
Area: about 20 miles from the Ozark Lock and Dam downstream to River Mile 240, directly south of Hartman, Arkansas-Official explanation/comments: Pending test resultsLink: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/03/2011-01-03_100000_drum_fish_die_in_arkansas_river_more_than_100_miles_from_site_of_bizarre_.html

Date of occurrence: 29 December 2010 – 3 January 2011-Location: Kent Island, MD (Chesapeake Bay)Type of Animal: Small fish (Menhayden, spots and croakers.)Numbers: Tens of thousands to 100,000 (wide variation of estimates)Area: County wide
Official explanation/comments: Stress from cold
Link: http://www.wbaltv.com/r/26357581/detail.html

Date of occurrence: 31 December 2010-2 January 2011-Location: Spring Creek, TN (along Highway 70 north in Lebanon)Type of Animal: Grackles-Numbers: About 120
Official explanation/comments: None provided
Link: http://www.wsmv.com/news/26379609/detail.html

Date of occurrence: 2 January 2011-Location: Paranagua, Brazil-Type of animal: Sardines-Numbers: 100 tons-Official explanation:

Date of occurrence: 1-3 January 2011-Location: Gilbertsville, KY-Type of Animal: Mostly blackbirds-Numbers: Dozens-Area: Small area confined to private property
Link: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Woman-reports-dozens-of-dead-birds-in-her-yard-112830524.html

Date of occurrence: 2-3 January 2011-Location: LA 1, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Type of Animal: Red wing blackbirds and starlings-Area: Approximate quarter-mile stretch; About 50 dead birds were found near a power line 30 or 40 feet from Louisiana Highway 1. About a quarter-mile away, a second group of 400 or more stretched from the power line and across the highway,Numbers: About 500
Note: In 1999, several thousand grackles fell from the sky and staggered about before dying in north Louisiana. It took five months to get the diagnosis: an E. coli infection of the air sacs in their skulls.

Date of occurrence: 3-4 January 2011-Location: Sarnia, Ontario-Type of Animal: Fish (various)Area: St. Clair River – north end-Numbers: Hundreds

Date of occurrence: 5 January 2011-Location: Highway 155, lake O’ the Pines, near Ore City, TX-Type of Animal: Birds; American Coots or mud-hens-Area: Quarter mile
Numbers: About 250-500 (estimates vary)Official explanation/comments: Most likely a natural occurrence in the area and not related to the mysterious bird deaths in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Date of occurrence: 5 January 2011-Location: Faenza, Italy-Type of Animal: Turtle Doves-Numbers: 8 thousand (estimated)Area: Undetermined-Official explanation/comments: Although testing is incomplete, signs point to hypoxia caused by suffocation. A notable bluish tint is typical of potassium cyanide poisoning.
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344913/Animal-death-mystery-Two-MILLION-dead-fish-wash-Maryland-bay.html

Date of occurrence: 5 January 2011-Location: Kent, UK-Type of Animal: Crabs
Numbers: 40 thousand (estimated)Area: two miles of beach-Official explanation/comments: Hypothermia

Date of occurrence: 5 January 2011-Location: Fort Pierce to North Hutchinson Island.
Type of Animal: Treasure Coast manatees-Numbers: Several dead (estimated)Area: just north of the State Road A1A bridge-Official explanation/comments: Hypothermia/ cold snap
Link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-treasure-coast-manatees-20110104,0,7714948.story

Date of occurrence: 8 January 2007-Location: Esperance, Australia-Type of Animal: Birds (primarily wattle birds, yellow-throated miners, New Holland honeyeaters and singing honeyeaters).Numbers: 5,000-10,000-Area: About 10 square miles, including bushland-Official explanation/comments: Undetermined
Link: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/mystery-as-thousands-of-birds-fall-from-sky/story-e6frg6nf-1111112807484

Date of occurrence: 6 February 2004-Location: Taizhou, in the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu, China-Type of Animal: Bramblings (small bird)Numbers: 10,000
Area: About 2 square miles-Official explanation/comments: Intentional poisoning
Link http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200402/28/eng20040228_136064.shtml

Date of occurrence: 5 January 2011-Location: New Zeland-Type of Animal: Fish (various) snappers with missing eyes-Area:-Numbers: Hundreds

Date of occurrence: 3-4 January 2011-Location: Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap
Type of Animal: Fish-Talapia-Area: Can Lo River-Numbers: 150 Tons

Magnetic Shift? 8,000 Dead Birds Now in Italy
Friday, 07 January 2011

Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal deaths across the globe.Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks.Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia.A witness emailed MINA: We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden.The doves just started falling one-by-one then in groups of 10s and 20s.Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, is known to cause confusion and illness in animals. It is also a common precursor to altitude sickness.Experts said results from tests on the doves will not be available for at least a week.They said that cold weather could have caused the birds' deaths as the flock was swept into a high-altitude wind storm before falling to the earth.It comes after two million dead fish were found to have washed up on shores in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.Scientists believe a rapid movement of Magnetic North Pole towards Russia may have caused bird deaths.

How The Earth (and Life) May End: The Unseen Killer of Polar shift
Submitted by Paul Schroeder on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 11:23

Some say the World will end in a bang; others say the Earth will die in a whisper.
The planet that we live on is dependently grateful for the living light of its only sun.But this light that gives us life will soon turn against us.A planetary magnetic pole shift, episodic, less stable, is in the works, already forming new magnetic realignments on this Earth.Rather than South becoming North in a flash, a total pole reversal of magnetic North and South which happens every 5,000 years can fully shift in as few as five years.Pockets of migrating magnetic South areas and pockets of migrating magnetic North areas drift towards each other's pole with force field pockets of North and South schematically looking like huge jellyfish.This unspoken and under announced shift poses an unseen and treacherous threat for our planet's life.With that shift now in transit the real danger exists that Earth will be exposed to solar flares; we may see the extinction of many animal and some plant life species on Earth, lost to slow radiation poisoning.Unlike our nebulous plans for vectoring away an asteroid's arrival on Earth with space effort technologies, there is precious little that we can do to avert this impending planetary disaster, so the threat stays a secret.Besides, aren't we much too concerned with terrorism and financial conundrums right now to worry our heads about North and South!?

The Earth's magnetic field is the shield that protects this planet from our sun's deadly solar flares and from lethal space and supernovae radiations.The colors of the auroras in the skies at poles ends are the visible interaction between these two forces.As the Earth's magnetic field confronts the sun's flare radiations, the Earth protects us; our sky's dark night shades become luminescent colors in Auroras Borealis that ebb and wane in a gorgeous visual electrical magnetic display of that protection. But the signs of polar shifting already in the works are now showing some clearer signs of the impending danger to us.Most revealingly, and not coincidentally, Auroras Borealis flares can now often be seen in the night skies as far south as Alabama.More signs of this potentially lethal planetary magnetic shift, have been evident in the migration confusion of some fish, some no shows of certain migrating butterflies and other migrating creatures who use the Earth's magnetic fields to locate over great distances. Animals who are extremely sensitive to solar energy like some species of frogs as well as many newts and salamanders have virtually and quietly vanished.Honey bees which pollinate every vegetable and fruit tree the world over, have also been crippled by their inability to geo-navigate and with their insect directional equipment suddenly askew, they experience hive desertions and colony deaths frequently prevail.Einstein once said ;Without bees, mankind would starve to death in four years.This electrical-magnetic planetary shield's shift has caused a marked increase in skin cancers all over the world especially in the last few years.Although the clear observable circular hole above the poles caused by ozone depletion by fluorocarbons is a dangerous hole, a magnetic flux from pole reversal would create a plethora and abundance of much larger holes in the planet's shield.

Unlike the gargantuan geologic time frames evident in Earth changes, a major magnetic shift of fully reversed polarities can likely occur in just a few year's time.Only a few - quietly ignored by the world press-scientists are raising an alarm and we, in America, like most of the world's nations who are distracted, pay the nightmarish scientific implications little heed and attention.This in progress and soon to greatly increase planetary magnetic shift may oddly explain why UFO / alien encounters and abductions appear to be so perfunctory; rather than friendly galactic greetings, the feel of expedient salvage work prevails instead. It may well shed some light onto our government's preoccupation with incessant and ferverish digging, building many very deep underground networks and bases. Only deeply dug underground facilities would totally afford protection from the sun's killing flare radiations. The obvious scenarios depict that planetary magnetic shifts give large windows of full exposure to places on the Earth to deadly space and solar radiation.Fifty X-rays of 500 roentgens dose equivalent per day would cause worldwide leukemias and cancers to exposed / uninformed populaces and result in planetary decimation.

Although there seems to be as yet no definitive scientific archeological evidence that supports that sudden mass extinctions are tied to Earth's planetary magnetic reversals, one must recall that mankind, 50,000 years ago lived more IN the Earth than ON the Earth.The Earth's very oldest known written texts are in the Hindi language and date from about eight to nine thousand years ago.The second oldest known writing dates back to almost 3,000 years ago and is the Gilgamesh.Mankind, the race of men who lived 50,000 years ago, left behind no manmade ruins or written hints about any designed structural architecture.They appear not to have lived in above ground dwellings; most tribes and small hunting communities are believed to have lived burrowed into cliffs, communal caves and shallow caverns well sheltered from the sun's X-RAY blazing of minutes then hours of lethal radiation with regular frequency during magnetic readjustment of Earth's poles.

We, as today's humans are apt to suffer exquisitely.When solar flares reach the Earth and are not vectored off, all in flight and on the ground electronic equipment will fail.A global failure in all cell phones, computers, satellites, radios and televisions will isolate us from each other.Worse, power grids already fragile will fail for months and without power and without water(the pumps are electrically operated) for many months, civilization as we know it will collapse.Instead of life on the Earth ending with the proverbial bang, this event could with a suitable stretch of imagination be a silent killer that could do us in, with whispers.

Dead birds litter Quebec farm Its not a biblical curse. It's not a death ray from an alien spaceship, expert says Last Updated: Friday, January 7, 2011 | 2:36 PM ET .CBC News

In the last two weeks, some 80 dead pigeons have been found dead on a farm in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, west of Quebec city. (CBC) A farmer in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures has found about 80 dead pigeons on his farm 20 kilometres west of Quebec City.Sylvain Turmel first noticed the dead birds in his field on Dec. 18.I found two dead birds in the morning, which is normal, birds sometimes die, he said.But when I came back one hour later, another 25 had fallen, said Turmel.In the time it took me to pick them up, five more fell to the ground! Turmel called police and the fire department. They couldn't provide him with any answers, but he said while they were there, more birds fell to their deaths.He said wildlife officials with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources collected the birds for analysis but they are also stumped.Farmer Sylvain Turmel in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Que., picks up a dead pigeon Friday. All they can tell me is that it's not avian influenza, it's not the West Nile virus, and it's not poison, which is what officials suspected at first.It won't stop. I'm finding more [dead] birds every day.Turmel said that after they fall the pigeons usually remain on the ground for one or two hours before dying.

Phenomenon not unusual: expert
David Bird, a wildlife biologist at McGill University in Montreal, said he's been receiving a lot of phone calls about the phenomenon.In recent days thousands of birds have suddenly and inexplicably died in the United States and Sweden.In one small town in Arkansas, more than 4,000 red-winged blackbirds dropped out of the sky on New Year's Eve, littering cars, homes and lawns.A dead red-winged blackbird is seen in Beebe, Ark., on Jan. 1, 2011. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said more than 1,000 dead blackbirds fell from the sky in the town. (Warren Watkins/The Daily Citizen/Associated Press) First of all, it's not a biblical curse. It's not a death ray from an alien space ship, said Bird, noting the incidents have created a type of hysteria.He said the phenomenon is much more common than people realize.
There are many cases where birds get hit by hailstorms or get lost in the fog and they die of starvation and they just fall dead out of the sky.Bird said each incident likely has its own unique cause, and there's no need for people to panic.I think this is a case where it's just coincidental … and people are trying to link them together.Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/07/dead-birds-quebec.html?ref=rss#ixzz1AOC40avb

Large Maryland Fish Kill Extends Trend Of Mass Animal Deaths 1/6/2011 10:58 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Extending a recent trend of mass animal deaths, approximately two million fish have died in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland officials revealed on Wednesday. The Maryland Department of the Environment said it is investigating the fish kill but noted that water quality in the area appears to be acceptable and said the fish appear to have died from natural causes.Cold water stress exacerbated by a large population of the affected species (juvenile spot fish) appears to be the cause of the kill, the MDE said. The MDE said that spot fish may have difficulty surviving in colder temperatures, adding that a rapid drop in water temperatures apparently caused cold water stress.The massive fish kill in Maryland comes after an estimated 100,000 fish were killed in the Arkansas River near Ozark, apparently from disease. Additionally, thousands of dead birds have fallen from the sky in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and even as far away as Sweden.by RTT Staff Writer.For comments and feedback: contact editorial@rttnews.com

Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky - The Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan First Posted: 01- 6-11 06:01 PM | Updated: 01- 7-11 11:42 AM

On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees like Christmas balls in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks. In the past week, similar incidents of mass animal deaths have been reported across the world. Thousands of dead birds fell from the sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, and similar incidents were reported on different days in Louisiana, Kentucky and Sweden. Two million fish were discovered dead in Maryland, with other fish kills also reported in Brazil, New Zealand and Arkansas -- approximately 100 miles from the bird incident. 40,000 crabs washed up on England beaches in the past few days, as well.While the events are likely unrelated, most still remain a mystery. Officials suggest fireworks are likely responsible for many of the bird deaths and that unusually cold weather could be to blame for the strange mass deaths of fish and crabs.GeaPress suggests that the blue stains found in mouths of the dead and dying birds in Italy could be the result of poisoning or possibly signs of hypoxia. Both the local forest service and the WWF in Faenza have sent some of the dead birds for testing, though the results likely won't be available for at least a week.