Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-04 19:23:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CD2D1E46D47AA87C95B4745960FADE7E74FC55C11A21E4E4459BD706693265B2
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Video is of yellow-headed blackbirds in Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc in 2022. Multiple field experts (Ornithologist & biology professor at Allegheny College, ecologist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) say a flocking (aka murmuration) dive was caused by a predator above. https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-birds-fall-dead-sky-shocking-wild-conspiracy-theories-1678984 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/15/mexico-birds-falling-sky/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/why-did-birds-fall-from-sky-in-mexico-probably-a-predator-experts-say-aoe
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