3 good evening, i'm ron martin. and i'm kim lemon. people in several lancaster county communities are finding the dead birds. news 8's lancaster county reporter katelyn smith has more on what may have killed
them. <10:08 nats: birds singing> a neighborhood that invites birds in ...wants to know what wiped hundreds of them out. <:34 he was coming maybe out to get the newspaper, he stepped on something he thought it was a leaf> the
dead birds lined dana shannon's sidewalk and driveway on magnolia drive in leola. graham: 18:44 this one here was certainly unusual, it's a significant event, if it is something that involves any kind of illegal or unlawful activity, we need to know about it> but wildlife conservation officer greg graham doesn't think that's the case. and thursday...he found more evidence to support that.< greg graham: 25:20 here we are 2 miles away from that other location, it's not gonna be a pesticide or disease event> in this neighborhood,< nats: 25:40 there's one, 2, 3> there are just as many dead birds... wind can simply take a 4 or 5 ounce bird and slam it into something, and it will die>< standup: 39:34/38:12 another guess, hypothermia...he explains that a bird's feather is covered in a protective oil, but a heavy rain could wash that oil away...causing the birds body temperature to change drastically>< nats: 30:16 that looks like a wren, first one of those i found, that's number 11> most of the birds have been young robins or sparrows. he collected about 400 in all...and sent 5 to a lab in georgia for testing. he hopes to know for sure at what caused this...in a few weeks.< 8:40 dana shannon: it's definitely sad> in lancaster county, katelyn smith news 8. if you find a dead bird that you think died more recently than sunday night... contact the game commission. the conservation officer believes he can also rule out lightning as a cause of death... because he didn't