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In March 1904, 1.5 million migrating birds died in Minnesota and Iowa during a strong snowstorm. [5] According to The Guardian, this was the largest avian mortality event on record in the region. [5] Records of MMEs have been kept since the 1880s. [5] MMEs of this size are rare, however, and few before or since have been as big as the 1904 event.
The live webcam was set up in 2007 by the Raptor Resource Project (RRP), [13] Xcel Energy and Dairyland Power, [14] and was upgraded to live-streaming by Ustream in 2011. [2] The Decorah Eagles' Ustream channel features in real time the Decorah, Iowa bald eagle family as they build and repair their nests, mate and lay eggs, struggle with bad weather and predators, and protect and care for ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — The first snowfall of the year in Iowa left a mark. Many experienced an alarm going off on their cell phones with a snow squall warning early Thursday morning. This is issued ...
Mortality on wintering grounds: Unreasonably cold temperatures on the wintering grounds kills thousands of birds, resulting in 30-90% population declines of migratory birds. For example, between 27000 and 62000 ducks, mostly tufted duck and common pochard , starved to death during a very cold winter in March 1986.
Fifty thousand birds are being destroyed at a Buena Vista turkey facility to contain an episode of bird flu Bird flu reemerges in Iowa, hitting Buena Vista County facility with 50,000 turkeys Skip ...
Two commercial turkey farms in Iowa have been hit by the reemerging highly pathogenic bird flu, causing about 100,000 birds to be killed to prevent the disease from spreading. The Iowa Department ...
31 December 2010, in Beebe, Arkansas. 3,000 red-winged blackbirds and European starlings died. Arkansas state wildlife authorities first received reports on 31 December 2010, shortly before midnight. Further investigation revealed the birds fell over a one-mile area of Beebe, with no other dead birds found outside that concentrated zone.
Considering Des Moines saw 27.2 inches of snow this January alone, it's safe to say this has, in fact, been a snowy season. The average yearly snowfall for Des Moines is about 35 inches, according ...