阿肯色州死去黑鳥再次降下 2012年1月1日
2012-01-01
(注：新聞是肯定的，但圖像是新拍抑或取材自去年新年的，則不得而知。)
死去黑鳥在阿肯色州小鎮再次降下
Dead blackbirds fall again in Arkansas town
By JEANNIE NUSS |
AP
13 hrs ago
Translation by Autumnson Blog
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Thousands of dead blackbirds rained down on a town in central Arkansas last New Year's Eve after revelers set off fireworks that spooked them from their roost, and officials were reporting a similar occurrence Saturday as 2012 approached.
阿肯色州小石城（AP） - 在去年新年的除夕夜於尋歡作樂的人燃放煙花後，從牠們的棲息地驚嚇牠們，造成數以千計的死黑鳥在阿肯色州中部的一個小鎮上如雨般降下，及當週六2012年接近時，官員報告發生類似的情況。
Police in Beebe said dozens of blackbirds had fallen dead, prompting officers to ban residents from shooting fireworks Saturday night. It wasn't immediately clear if fireworks were again to blame, but authorities weren't taking a chance.
在畢比的警方說，幾十只死黑鳥降下，促使人員禁止居民在星期六晚上發射煙花。尚不清楚是否再次歸咎煙花，但當局並沒有趁可乘之機。
Officer John Weeks said the first reports of "birds on the streets" came around 7 p.m. as residents celebrated the year's end with fireworks in their neighborhoods.
官員約翰週說，第一批“雀鳥在街上”的報告出現在晚上7點左右，當居民用放煙花在鄰舍慶祝年底。
"We started shutting down fireworks," he said. "We're working on cleaning up the birds now."
“我們開始在停止煙花爆竹，”他說。 “我們現正在清理雀鳥。”
He said police were working with animal control workers and others to remove the birds and determine a death count.
他說警方正在與動物控制的工作人員和其他人，來移除雀鳥和確定死亡的數目。
"We're not sure if they're going to continue to fall throughout the night. I can't tell you," Weeks said.
“我們不知道牠們會否繼續於整個晚上降下，我不能告訴你，”週說。
Scientists say the loud cracks and booms from celebratory fireworks likely sent the birds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their deaths last New Year's Eve. The birds landed on roofs, sidewalks, streets and fields. One struck a woman walking her dog. Another hit a police cruiser.
The blackbird die-off, coupled with tens of thousands of dead drum fish that washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, flung the state into the national headlines and drew conspiracy theorists and filmmakers to the town about 30 miles northeast of Little Rock that shares Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe's last name.
Some people speculated that the birds had been poisoned; others said their deaths marked the beginning of the apocalypse.
"It's just got to be a pain in my career," Beebe Police Chief Wayne Ballew said.
Prior to this New Year's Eve, Ballew said he wouldn't be surprised if people sit out on their front porches in case the winged creatures fall from the sky again.
"I guess we could have an annual blackbird watch," he said with a laugh. "People can just bring their umbrellas, open them up and walk through the neighborhood and hope they don't get hit."
Charles Moore didn't plan to have an umbrella at the ready, but said he would have his camera out on New Year's Eve. Last year, he drifted off to sleep before the ball — and birds — dropped.
"When we got up on New Year's Day and walked out to get the paper, we saw all the carnage out there," he said. "So we thought we would be on the watch for it this time."
http://news.yahoo.com/dead-blackbirds-fall-again-arkansas-town-043354759.html
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