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Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...

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A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond, northeast of ...

Something's wrong with the birds in one California neighborhood. They keep exploding, mystifying locals about the exact cause. I mean, birds aren't known to spontaneously combust. So what gives?

A recent spate of birds falling dead in one Bay Area neighborhood has turned into a homespun mystery after a resident claimed one exploded, neighbors blamed the local utility company and authorities ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond ...