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Flock of birds drop dead in northern Mexico (video-photos)

An explanation could be windshear, a strong vertical downward wind that has caused even airplanes to crash

Newsroom February 14 02:12

Sectional Police of Alvaro Obregon reported that close to a hundred yellow-headed blackbirds that migrate from Northern Canada to Mexico for the winter dropped down to their death.

A local veterinarian reported to the police that the birds could have died after inhaling toxic fumes from a heater nearby or because of an overcharge from electricity cables.

Another explanation could be windshear, a strong vertical downward wind that has caused even airplanes to crash.

Nevertheless the authorities still don’t know what caused the deaths.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Security footage shows a flock of yellow-headed blackbirds drop dead in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua pic.twitter.com/mR4Zhh979K

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 14, 2022

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