Examiner.com - Dead birds and fish: Bible prophecy Web searches explode - National Cultural Oddities
The Examiner reports: "As hundreds more dead blackbirds were found in Louisana Monday, Jan. 3, and added to the 4,000 the fell from the sky New Year’s Eve in Arkansas, thousands of dead fish are also in the mix. The incidents have prompted Christian sects to look to the Bible and, most importantly, to the sky, for more alleged signs of apocalyptic happenings."

The Guardian - Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana | Environment
The Guardian reports: "Today it emerged that about 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings had been found dead in Louisiana. Their tiny corpses littered a short stretch of highway near the city of Labarre after apparently falling dead from the sky. That would be spooky enough. But the Louisiana bird die-off came just a few days after up to 5,000 blackbirds fell to earth in neighbouring Arkansas in the small town of Beebe."

Comment: Apparently these dead birds are big news in some circles and as you can see from this blog, it's not something I've been focused on. And, not only is it big news, people apparently think it has something to do with Bible prophecy. I just thought I'd perform a public service and let you know that there's no connection at all to Bible prophecy. Well, no direct connection. It's not like Jesus said that in the end times there would be earthquakes, pestilences, famines, wars and lots and lots of dead birds falling from the sky.

On the other hand, it's an event that causes people to pause and wonder, perhaps getting a little apprehensive and fearful, thinking about what's happening in the world. In a very general sense you could say it's an example of a class of "fearsome events" that are not significant in themselves but rather in the response they provoke in people. They are, in this context, similar to extreme weather and other natural disasters that force people to break out of their normal routine and think about deeper spiritual matters. And, of course, it's a mystery, and who doesn't love a good mystery.