Other scientists agreed with McGowan. Richard Broughton, an ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, told the Guardian that the flock looked “like a wave at the beginning, as if they are being flushed from above.” Ronald L. Mumme, an ornithologist and biology professor at Allegheny College, said the birds “dove, became disoriented, and many crashed to the ground and injured themselves,” Newsweek reported.vThe reason the other theories do not pan out comes down to bird dynamics, McGowan said.
The media and web loved it. Everything from poison to UFO’s were blamed. Short answer predator avoidance as in a falcon.
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