No doubt the environmental fallout from this event is tragic. But, Lexington, Kentucky is about 350 miles southwest of East Palestine, Ohio. Everything I’ve read said the prevailing winds were carrying the smoke northeast. The Ohio River is about 70 miles from Lexington, which also seems quite a distance for that to be a factor here.
The dead birds are European Starlings. They are considered an evasive pest and carry diseases. I’ve even read articles saying the fact they flock together in the hundreds to thousands their feces and urine can cause structural damage to bridges and buildings where they roost. I know some localities poison them and pigeons.
Can confirm. These Starlings have been dropping in my area since long before this. Before the 2020 election even. I always figured they created a virus to cull the population. And that was the avian flu.
Yes but the die offs usually happen in late spring/early summer. I used to work for Louisville health department. My job was to basically collect dead birds and set mosquito traps and send them in for testing. Normal die offs are actually from mosquitos carrying encephalitis and infecting birds. But panels were always run for avian flu and west Nile. I also monitored horse farms. A die off this early is cause for concern.
No doubt the environmental fallout from this event is tragic. But, Lexington, Kentucky is about 350 miles southwest of East Palestine, Ohio. Everything I’ve read said the prevailing winds were carrying the smoke northeast. The Ohio River is about 70 miles from Lexington, which also seems quite a distance for that to be a factor here.
The dead birds are European Starlings. They are considered an evasive pest and carry diseases. I’ve even read articles saying the fact they flock together in the hundreds to thousands their feces and urine can cause structural damage to bridges and buildings where they roost. I know some localities poison them and pigeons.
Can confirm. These Starlings have been dropping in my area since long before this. Before the 2020 election even. I always figured they created a virus to cull the population. And that was the avian flu.
Yes but the die offs usually happen in late spring/early summer. I used to work for Louisville health department. My job was to basically collect dead birds and set mosquito traps and send them in for testing. Normal die offs are actually from mosquitos carrying encephalitis and infecting birds. But panels were always run for avian flu and west Nile. I also monitored horse farms. A die off this early is cause for concern.
Could the current weather be playing a factor? Not sure what it is down there but the Northeast feels like April the last couple of days.