[birdky] Re: ice storm

I was cleaning up my patio (hadn't been much of a priority) yesterday and found a dead House Finch that had been dead perhaps that long. 

Joe Swanson
Lexington
----- Original Message ----- From: <kmvowels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: [birdky] ice storm
I've found several dead hawks at Bernheim that were killed during the ice storm. I was wondering if anyone else had seen a lot of dead birds, especially large predators, and if anyone has any theories of why they were killed. I was wondering if maybe because how quickly the ice formed that ice built up on their wings and they couldn't fly, or maybe a branch fell on them and they couldn't get out of the way. Another theory is they couldn't find enough to eat with so much ice covering everything. I'm curious if anyone has any theories, or maybe saw birds killed that could answer this question. 

Kelly Vowels
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