Would you call that incident a 'Murderation of Starlings'?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Harry Fink
Clarksville, MD

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Marcy Stutzman <
> wrote:

> Flock of Birds Collides With Vehicles on I-95
> As many as 90 birds died in the incident along the highway in Laurel, says
> DER.
>
>
> http://laurel.patch.com/articles/flock-of-birds-collide-with-tractor-trailer-on-i-95
>
> As many as 90 European Starling birds are dead after a bizarre accident
> Wednesday afternoon along I-95 near Laurel when the flock collided with
> vehicles on the roadway, according to the Maryland Department of
> Environmental Resources.
>
> The incident happened before 3 p.m. Wednesday when a flock of 80-90 birds
> flew into the roadway, said Patricia Allen, a biologist for the DER. The
> lead bird flew into a tractor-trailer and the flock followed, leaving dead
> birds scattered across the highway, she said.
>
> “In Maryland, you see events like this every few years. It doesn’t happen
> often, but it happens,” she said.
>
> for the rest of the story see:
>
>
> http://laurel.patch.com/articles/flock-of-birds-collide-with-tractor-trailer-on-i-95
>
>
> Marcy Stutzman
> Russett, MD
> 
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