Mystery As Hundreds Of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Over Mexican City

Hundreds of blackbirds have dropped out of the sky in a Mexican city in mysterious circumstances.

The blackbirds were flying south to Mexico from Canada for the rest of the winter.

The dead migratory birds were found on the streets in the area of Alvaro Obregon in Cuauhtemoc, a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, at around 5am on 7th February.

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Hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), which travel south to Mexico from Canada in the winter, fell from the skies in mysterious circumstances.

The video shows the motionless birds lying on a street as someone with a broom sweeps them into piles.

Local residents were stunned to find the migratory birds littering the city streets and informed the local authorities.

Hundreds of migratory birds in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, found dead on the street, in February, 2022. (CEN)

The police attended the scene at around 8.30am and found the dead blackbirds scattered on the ground. Residents informed them that the birds began to fall from the sky at around 5am.

A zootechnical veterinarian arrived in the area to check the dead blackbirds and suggested they could have died as a result of inhaling toxic fumes, due to the current low temperatures in the city, or they could have been resting on power lines that became overloaded and electrocuted them.

The dead birds were removed from the streets, and tests will take place to establish their exact cause of death.

The investigation is ongoing.


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Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub-Editor: Joe Golder,  Agency: Central European News

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