NPR's Melissa Block talks to George Pat Badley, the state veterinarian of Arkansas, about the 2,000 red-winged blackbirds that fell dead from the sky in Beebe, Ark., on Friday night. There is speculation about what killed the birds, and now a lab in Madison, Wis., is trying to find the answer. Theories as to what caused the slaughter include lightning or fireworks.
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