Editor's note: This is the thirteenth article in an occasional series about Kentucky’s nesting birds.The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) has the unique distinction among Kentucky’s n
juliet: and it s a specific type of bird, one species, the black bird, right? the red winged black bird. juliet: they follow one specific area. what s the theory here? there have actually been several theories, fireworks trying to spook them, hail, high altitude hail, lightning strike. what do you think thatst? that s what we re trying to find out. we have the birds that we collected over at a lab here in little rock, and we hope to hear something if not today, then maybe by tomorrow. juliet: have you ever seen something like this before? not of this magnitude. we ve had actually ducks fall oust of the sky after a lightning strike, but that s the only thing that i can remember in my tenure here. juliet: but black birds aren t the only victims. i understand about 100 miles away fish in the arkansas river have turned up dead. is this a specific this is a specific type of fish, drum fish. freshwater drum. we estimate 18,000 fish on a