this happened in Oregon last fall. and Tx just recently.
Officials flap as birds fall from sky
POSTED: 7:37 a.m. EST, January 12, 2007
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Wildlife authorities investigating why thousands of birds fell from the sky over a town in remote southwestern Australia have ruled out infectious diseases but are no closer to figuring out what killed them, a state official said Friday.
Around 5,000 birds have been found dead in Esperance, Western Australia, since mid-December, according to Nigel Higgs, spokesman for the state's Department of Environment and Conservation.
The birds were mostly nectar- and insect-eating species, although some seagulls also have been found, Higgs said in a telephone interview from his office in the Western Australia capital, Perth.
Pathologists at the Western Australia Department of Agriculture examined several of the carcasses..........
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/australia.birds.ap/index.html