Birds fall mass in America

Thousands of migratory birds died or were injured by plunging into car parks, football fields and snowy areas in the southern state of Utah in the past few days.

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The AP reported that Podiceps nigricollis began to plunge into the two cities. George, Cedar of Utah, from December 12 during the migration to the west coast of Mexico to avoid cold. People saw bird corpses in the supermarket parking lot, many football fields, sidewalks, highways and gaps covered with snow.

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The volunteer cleaned up the dead bird and saved the wounded. By midday yesterday they had saved more than 3,000 live birds and released them into a lake. No one counted how many children died, but officials estimated that number to be about 1,500.

'They fall everywhere. The phenomenon of falling birds continues. Our employees drove around the city to pick them up. Many residents also bring birds to our headquarters , 'said Teresa Griffin, director of Utah's wildlife protection program.

Officials have not received notice of injury or property damage caused by birds.

Kevin McGowan, a bird researcher at Cornell's Center for Learning in New York State, said that birds rarely rush into the ground, even if they mistakenly believe the land is water.

This is not a bird fall in the US this year. In January, about 500 red-winged black-and-red flukes were discovered in two areas on the highway in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Earlier, on the last day of 2010, about 2,000 black birds fell from the sky to the ground in the city of Beebe in the state of Arkansas.