Article: Austin looks for answers after dead birds litter downtown area.

Article: Austin Dead Birds Died of Natural Causes
AP Online;  January 19, 2007 ;     298 words ... ... should be concerned about a public health issue." Police shut down a 10-block stretch of Congress Avenue for several hours after the dead birds were found the morning of Jan. 8. Dozens of fire trucks, police cars and ambulances gathered ...

Article: Dead birds shut down Austin: Bio-hazard crews scour ...
Charleston Gazette;  January 9, 2007 ;     468 words ... ... regarded as a major pest in Texas, with Austin sidewalks sometimes covered in their droppings. The dead birds were found overnight along Congress Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare. Police closed the route through downtown and two side streets ...

Article: Part of Texas capital is shut after dozens of dead ...
Daily Breeze;  January 9, 2007 ;     408 words ... ... regarded as a major pest in Texas, with Austin sidewalks sometimes covered in their droppings. The dead birds were found overnight along Congress Avenue, a major downtown thoroughfare. Police closed the route through downtown and two side streets ...

Article: Metro Shuts 3 Stations Because of Dead Birds; ...
The Washington Post;  July 30, 2007 ;     700 words ... ... out the poison and failed to remove the dead birds as part of the cleanup. By 4:45 p ... But earlier in the day, as reports of dead birds increased through the afternoon, officials ... Avenue to investigate a report of 15 dead birds. The Takoma Station, where 16 birds ...

Article: Officials: We don't need all dead birds.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Teresa Mask Daily Herald Staff Writer Dead birds are being spotted throughout Cook and ... Nile virus is indeed here. Five more dead birds, including one each in Mount Prospect ... way they are responding to reports of dead birds in those areas. At first, suburban ...

Article: DEAD BIRDS ARE SWAMPING WEST NILE INVESTIGATORS: ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  July 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ...So many dead birds are piling up in the St. Louis area ... health officials get 50 calls a day about dead birds. The county registered 200 calls just ... unprecedented in terms of the number of dead birds," said Larry Kettelhut, chief of ...

Article: 7 dead birds found in yard
Post-Tribune (IN);  May 30, 2003 ;     556 words ... ... DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Seven dead birds have been discovered in Rose Pierce ... spokeswoman Jennifer Dunlap said. "Dead birds are a good sign the virus is active ... state health department stops testing dead birds. Dunlap said people who find dead crows ...