Richmond's Exploding Bird Mystery Points to Small Weapon Trauma, Not Power Lines

‘Exploding’ birds are dropping dead in this California neighborhood, baffling residents: ‘Very traumatic’

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 falling dead on city streets and in backyards.

More than 50 birds mysteriously "explode" in California

Theories are being circulated about what could be killing the birds in a leafy California neighborhood.

'Exploding birds' freak out residents in California city

KGO-TV (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, northeast of San Francisco, claim they have found multiple dead birds in their yards on their street. Security cameras even recorded one fowl’s fatality, showing it falling to its death from a power line after a loud pop was captured in t…

Dead birds alarm residents of California neighborhood

Birds are dying at an "alarming" rate in a neighborhood in Richmond, California, and they go with a pop: more than 50 have dropped from a power line they perch…

Town horrified by mystery of 'exploding' birds found dead in their gardens

But residents in a neighbourhood of Richmond, California have been left horrified after several birds have been found dead in their gardens.

Birds dying at alarming rate in California neighborhood: 'Just horrifying'

Exploding birds are plaguing a Richmond, California neighborhood; Pacific Gas and Electric Company says the deaths were likely not electrocution.