fallen birds

"One more reason to keep my eyes open. A photography professor at the University of Florida just happened to see a bird die in mid-flight; it jerked, died, dropped, and smashed on the ground."
-Annie Dillard, from Seeing, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"

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Lynne Parks - Immature Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (from 'Lights Out Baltimore') 2012

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On the sidewalks and in the streets

lay the birds that had suddenly fallen.
-Edward Mullany, The Silent City, from "Figures for an Apocalypse" 

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"Birds died while flying in the air in Arkansas! 2011"

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Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky

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Susan Silas - untitled (for David Foster Wallace) (from 'found birds') (archival inkjet print) 2010