I almost hate to wade into this but... Brian Dalzell posted this website on the New Brunswick listserv. http://www.thebigwobble.com/2011/01/world-wide-dead-birds-fish-and-other.html Nothing like good "conspiracy theories" to get you through cold winter's days. Oh, and by the way Joe in the Woods, after two Christmas counts (Gypsum and Ottawa NWR) and one other day of birding, I am at 66 for the month. I have missed a lot. But I am coming your way next week. The phoebe still around? Tom -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]