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Dead Birds falling out of trees

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Subject: Dead Birds falling out of trees
From: "Richard Nowotny" <>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:53:17 +1100
Is there any possibility that birds could "drown" or asphyxiate in
torrential rain?  Richard

 

 

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From: 
 On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 9:39 AM
To: Graeme Gallienne
Cc: 
Subject: Dead Birds falling out of trees

 

Hi Sandra,

Sounds like the effects of hypothermia, brought about by the birds getting
thoroughly soaked. It probably been exacerbated by lack of food, as I
imagine life has been hard for ground feeders in that area for a while, due
to the extended wet conditions.

Carl Clifford

 

 

On 11/01/2011, at 9:12 PM, Graeme Gallienne wrote:

 

Hi all,

My daughter lives at Lowood in the Lockyer Valley. Today she had over 370mm
of rain and her property is totally isolated but not flooded.  She reported
that the birds at her place are falling out of the trees dead, the birds she
mentioned were Crested Pigeons, Noisy Miners and Magpies.  Is this a  

Common phenomenon in periods of torrential rain? I also live in South East
Queensland and have experienced many instances of torrential rain (although
not quite as heavy as today's) but have not seen birds die in any large
numbers.

Look forward to your comments.

Cheers,

Sandra Gallienne

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