About 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky again this year.  The same strange tragedy occurred last year about the same time.  Estimates put the deaths into the thousands in Arkansas and hundreds more were found in Alabama.  According to a report issued by ABC News, the Mayor of Beebe, Arkansas called the street department supervisor, Milton McCullar at 4:00 am in the morning to inform him that birds were falling out of the sky.  Scientists are baffled, but there is some speculation as to the possibility that fireworks caused the deaths.  You really have to wonder though, if fireworks caused the deaths, why hasn't fireworks caused the deaths for decades?  

About 300 birds fell from the sky alongside highway I-65 in Alabama, WAFF News reported.  These birds were grackles, a common black bird, according to wildlife biologist Bill Gates.  This species fell from the skies in mass quantities within the last several weeks in Kentucky, Louisiana and Arkansas.  Apparently the news of those mass deaths were not widely publicized.  I have been unable to locate any reports of those deaths, but they were mentioned in an article published by HuffingtonPost.com.  

Reports of mass fish and bird deaths have surfaced all around the world since last year.  There is much speculation, but little is known by the scientific community about the die offs.  Nevertheless, the ancient prophet, Hosea said concerning these last days, "The land will mourn and everyone that dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven, yes, the fishes of the sea will also be taken away" Hosea 4:3.