More Signs of the Coming Apocalypse
West Nile virus devastating birds in suburbia, study finds | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
The death toll for crows and jays is easily in the hundreds of thousands, based on the number dead bodies found and extrapolated for what wasn't reported ...
When life is out of balance, a new balance will be found, though not necessarily one advantageous to humans.
The birds act as an early warning system for humans, said Wesley Hochachka, assistant director of bird population studies at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
"If you start seeing crows dying and dying in numbers, that means there could be a human outbreak," said Hochachka, who was not involved with the study.