Birds Are Falling From The Sky

“I have never in my life encountered such a thing. I’ve heard of fish die-offs and other strange natural phenomenon, but I’ve never experienced one before. It was very strange, but very fun.”
 — Cedar Rapids nature lover Stephen Gwin has been doing a good thing in helping to rescue surviving grebes from among the thousands of dead ones scattered around the Walmart parking lot that a flock of the migratory waterfowl mistook for a much softer landing pad, like a lake, and slammed themselves into. But “fun” is a strange word to read in this instance.