Arkansas has had two unexplained massive deaths of wildlife recently. First at Beebe as many as perhaps 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky on Christmas eve, dead. Then a large fish kill occurred near Ozark on the Arkansas River. Disease is suspect in the latter incident, but mysteriously only drum fish were affected. No one seems to know the reason for the bird kill, but biologists point to stress from either fireworks or weather.

Must be some kind of omen or a plague.