Omens of the Apocalypse Facts
Thousands of blackbirds return to their roosting site in Beebe. (View larger version)
- Frogs are reported to have rained from the skies in Birmingham, England on June 30, 1892.
- Hundreds of fish are reported to have fallen from the sky in Tillers Ferry, South Carolina on June 27, 1901.
- Over the past decade, there have been over 175 wild bird die-offs with death tolls of one thousand birds or more.
- In 2009, 50,000 birds died from avian botulism in Utah.
- An estimated 976 million birds die each year from running into windows.
- It is estimated that pesticides kill about 72 million birds annually.
- In Wisconsin alone, feral cats may kill 39 million birds each year.
- During World War II, the British were puzzled by what they called “angels” showing up in their radar displays. It turned out that the ethereal shapes were flocks of birds.
- A large swarm of mayflies was captured on Doppler radar off Lake Erie in the summer of 1999.
- Doppler weather radar waves reflect off water.
