'Rain of dead birds' mysterious in America

New year celebrations in a southern US state were interrupted when more than 1,000 dead black birds fell from the sky

Mysterious phenomenon related to red-winged finches.

Officials of wild birds are trying to determine the cause of mass bird deaths in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Eve.

Arkansas officials said they had received notice of dead birds around 11:30 pm on December 31. The birdbirds fell in the area about 2km wide of the city of Beebe and a test showed that no dead birds were found outside the area.

Dead bird corpses on a road in Beebe city.

Arkansas bird researcher Karen Rowe says dead birds show signs of body injury. According to Ms Rowe, birds may have been struck by lightning or met with hail.

There is also a theory that a series of dead birds are due to firefighters playing fireworks in the area that startled the birds' conversation and causing them to die from stress.

About 65 dead birds have been collected and sent to research labs to determine their death.

Officials estimate that more than 1,000 birds have fallen to Beebe on the night of December 31. Most of these birds died but some were still alive when officials arrived at the scene.

Rowe said that there is no possibility of poisoning birds.

' Because this phenomenon of birds only involves a flock of birds and only affects those falling from the sky, there is no possibility of them being poisoned. However, bird carcass surgery is the only way to determine if they die from injury or poisoning , 'Ms Rowe said.

Tornadoes swept Arkansas and neighboring states on December 31, killing seven people. However, Arkansas state officials did not say whether cyclones contributed to the death of the birds.

Workers are collecting dead birds.

City officials Beebe hired a waste disposal company to collect dead birds from gardens and roofs and process them.