Four and Twenty Black Birds Fall from the Sky?

Ok, so strangely enough, on my way home yesterday the Beatles’ Blackbird was the last song I listened to on my ipod, which is odd because… 

…hundreds of blackbirds magically tragically fell from the sky onto an Arkansas highway on New Year’s Eve.  And, according to reports “the birds were likely spooked by fireworks, lightning or some other loud event and then ran into each other and other objects as they fled at night while roosting”.  Ummm, what? Say that again? 

Apparently there have been 16 incidents in the last 30 years where more than 1,000 blackbirds have died all at once. And, to make matters more terrifying, reports are now saying 500 *additional* blackbirds fell RIGHT OUT OF THE SKY in Louisiana.  How can that firework / lightening logic work in this case?  Is Alfred Hitchcock behind this?

I wonder what was so traumatic for them to perform this mass exodus?   Do they know something we do not know yet…. 

Let me be the first to say, RIP red-tailed blackbird. I hope your life was filled with love, purpose and good fortune.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise