Five Thousand Dead Birds May Have Just Flown into Each Other 7.92K Max Read 01/03/11 11:44PM Filed to: explanations explanations Arkansas Blackbirds Birds Animals Signs Of The Apocalypse Apocalypse Remember those five thousand dead blackbirds that "rained" on Arkansas? Well, as it turns out, "they don't have very good night vision" and "it looks like maybe they got startled... ran into each other, fell to the ground and died."