The mysterious sight of over a dozen feathered-black carcasses on a rural road between Abbotsford and Chilliwack caused one woman to pull over to get a closer look.
Katie Hogan says she doesn’t know how the flock of birds met their end, but she counted 15 bodies in total.
“The [birds’] insides were out,” she said. “I don’t know what kind of birds they are, but they are smaller than a crow and black.”
Hogan posted a photo of the strange event on No. 4 Road to a community Facebook group. She made a report to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Abbotsford office shortly after.
One Facebook user in the community group suggested the birds might have hit a semi-truck, which frequent the road.
When a similar mass-death of over 50 starlings occurred in Tsawwassen in the fall of 2018, a manager at a wildlife rehabilitation centre said the birds were probably fleeing from a predator when they smacked into the concrete.
The News has reached out for comment from the Ministry of Agriculture, but their offices are closed until Tuesday.
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Over a dozen of my brothers and sisters found dead on a rural road in #Abbotsford. WHY?!?! pic.twitter.com/SknRYpyo9T
— Patrick Penner (@portmoodypigeon) February 15, 2020
