Thousands of blackbirds fall dead from sky

[Monica]

It is merely an idea or is it a simple fact.

Definitely doesn't look like a simple fact, based on this article, which offers 2 possible explanations:

'The most likely cause are discarded sunflower seeds that were found on an industrial estate close to where the bodies of the turtle doves were found.
'In essence the birds were greedy, ate too many of the seeds - which we have found inside them during autopsies - and this brought on the indigestion that led to their death.'
Mr Ridolfi said that cold weather last week could have caused the turtle doves to die as the flock was swept into a high-altitude wind storm before falling to the earth.

Indigestion or cold weather? The article is inconclusive, which indicates to me that...they don't know.

What's almost more interesting is the lengths that people will go to to promote their conspiracy theories. Scary thought that these people are also voters that represent our opinions.

Formulating theories is a healthy part of the scientific investigative process. It only becomes unhealthy when theories are presented as facts, before they are actually proven as facts.

The animal death phenomenon is, at this point, still a mystery. It's therefore fair game for anyone's guesses.