# Flock of birds dies from collision with.............asphalt road **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577 "2020-01-17T18:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/21 "2020-01-20T20:02:05Z")
“As God is my witness, I thought starlings could fly!” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/22 "2020-01-20T20:27:17Z")
“You’ll notice they don’t fly, so much as plummet.” OK, that quote is actually about sheep, but seems to apply here too. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/23 "2020-01-20T21:10:00Z")
“Any bird that does that is an ass - fault’s their own.” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/24 "2020-01-20T22:29:14Z")
Peckers, they were a bunch of peckers. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/25 "2020-01-21T17:31:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Asphalt is not quite the same as tar, Mac. 😉 Whatever part of their anatomy was at fault for this, I’m sure it wasn’t their ass. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/26 "2020-01-21T23:00:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Are starlings less of a nuisance in the UK than in the US? [Starling populations are declining in the UK, as well as elsewhere in Europe](https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/population-trends-conservation/) From the link: > [@](#): > > Starling numbers have declined markedly across much of northern Europe and the UK. The decline in the UK started during the early 1980s and has continued ever since. Recent data from the Breeding Bird Survey suggest continuing population declines affecting starlings in England and Wales since 1995. The cause of the starling decline in the UK is unknown. > > Long-term monitoring by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) shows that starling numbers have fallen by 66 per cent in Britain since the mid-1970s. Because of this decline in numbers, the starling is red listed as a bird of high conservation concern. Obviously, a decisive difference between the US and Europe is that the starling is an introduced, invasive species in the former, and a native species in the latter. ---
**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/27 "2020-01-22T07:13:49Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Norris: “Gilbert! Where the f_ck are you going?" > Gilbert: "F_ck if I know. I’m following Digby!” > Digby: “Shit! I was following Norris!” Norris: “We’ll be ok as long as nobody follows Gary” ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/28 "2020-01-22T16:09:22Z")
If we aim at the moon—we may hit a star! Shoot for the moon. If you miss it, you will still land among the stars. Or just shoot for the ground. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577/29 "2020-01-22T19:03:00Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > [Starling populations are declining in the UK, as well as elsewhere in Europe](https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/population-trends-conservation/) The US has had [a serious decline in birds](https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bird-population-decline/), but it is a rather broad one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flock-of-birds-dies-from-collision-with-asphalt-road/846577.md?page=1)