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RFI - birds during hail storms

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Subject: RFI - birds during hail storms
From: Trevor Hampel <>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 22:35:59 +0930
I have received a personal comment regarding a thunderstorm with heavy
hail west of Mildura on Tuesday 11/11/97.

It was reported to me that "crows and magpies were killed by the golf
ball sized hail".

Can anyone confirm this?

Questions: How do birds survive large hail storms? 
           Are there any studies on the mortality rates of birds
in                storms?

Trevor Hampel.

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