BLACK BIRDS

Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie, four and thousands of black birds dropped from the sky.
When the first four thousand black birds fell in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, it was thought perhaps fireworks could have been the blame. since more have fallen in other states and other countries, they are searching for another cause.
I could have been the weather; perhaps lightning or a hail storm.
It could have been noxious fumes.
It could have been old age.
It could have been a sonic boom.
It could have been power lines; flying too low.
It could have been the apocalyse. Maybe so, the general symobolism of the black bird connects it to ever lasting life.
It could have been a disease hitting them; like West Mississippi disease or something.
Maybe there's a world wide black bird mafia that is wiping them out.
Peasants actually used to eat the European black bird. Maybe groceries have gotten so high that folks are trying them again.
The black birds have been symbolic of the struggle between good and evil. Maybe evil is winning.
The black bird has been seen in paintings as foreshadowing of death. Maybe this is a warning.
Here are many possibilities to choose from Make your own choice.
OR..... maybe it was just their time to go.