I took a quick look at map. If you zoom in, the pins are displayed more accurately.

If you looking at default map, zoomed out, it appears that the pins are misplaced.

I did not look at all the pins, just the Arkansas one with the 5000 birds, it looks like the pin is misplaced if you look at map in zoomed out view.

I live two towns over from Beebe. Yesterday, I drove to the site. The roosting area is an estimated 1 to 2 acre, leafless grove of trees. As far as fireworks go, outside of the random individual popping off some purchased goodies, it's not as if a formal pyrotechnic show took place. There were reports of cannon fire being heard shortly before the birds started dying. On Topix, there was a reference to the Mayor of Beebe planning to shoot cannons to "scare the birds off" that has not been confirmed. The neighborhood behind the long (and wide) stretch of trees the birds used as their roost is comprised of small, single story houses set up in cul-de-sacs. The actual street right behind the grove of trees is adjacent to an open field which I could not gauge the size of because the road was closed off. These birds would have had to have done their lift off out of the acre to two acre grove of trees, across a wide open expanse and then in to the neighborhood before crashing in to anything and would have already had to have been low to the ground in order for any type of impact to have taken place. Why then, were so many dead on the rooftops of these homes? There was nothing higher up for them to "run in to." I am not understanding why the media has not further investigated the "cannon firing" aspect of this story. What if that IS what set all of this off (no pun) and a huge quantity of taxpayer funds were wasted as a result of the city declining to admit using what turned out to be a fatal approach to "scaring the birds off."

Never heard of the tradition, but yes, just found out about it.

Question: Are the local cyotes, cats, dogs, and vultures eating the dead birds? This would definelty say
weather there is poison or radiation in them.

Why are there so many dead birds lately
What a great way to start new year

I believe this is new, I think South Carolina has been mentioned, but this article says it was this morning, so it has to be another group of fish.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed ashore on the South Carolina coast Thursday morning, littering the sand along the tide line, wildlife officials said.

MORE MASSIVE BIRD DEATHS


Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky

The Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan Posted: 01- 6-11 06:01 PM


On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees "like Christmas balls" in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks.
In the past week, similar incidents of mass animal deaths have been reported across the world. Thousands of dead birds fell from the sky in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, and similar incidents were reported on different days in Louisiana, Kentucky and Sweden. Two million fish were discovered dead in Maryland, with other fish kills also reported in Brazil, New Zealand and Arkansas -- approximately 100 miles from the bird incident. 40,000 crabs washed up on England beaches in the past few days, as well.

While the events are likely unrelated, most still remain a mystery. Officials suggest fireworks are likely responsible for many of the bird deaths and that unusually cold weather could be to blame for the strange mass deaths of fish and crabs.

GeaPress suggests that the blue stains found in mouths of the dead and dying birds in Italy could be the result of poisoning or possibly signs of hypoxia. Both the local forest service and the WWF in Faenza have sent some of the dead birds for testing, though the results likely won't be available for at least a week.