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   Birds are mysteriously dying in New Mexico in 'frightening' numbers   
      
   LAS CRUCES - Biologists from New Mexico State University and White   
   Sands Missile Range examined nearly 300 dead migratory birds Saturday   
   at Knox Hall on the university's main campus.   
      
   Over the past few weeks, various species of migratory birds are dying   
   in "unprecedented" numbers of unknown causes, reported Martha Desmond,   
   a professor at NMSU's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation   
   Ecology.   
      
   "It is terribly frightening," Desmond said. "We've never seen anything   
   like this. ... We're losing probably hundreds of thousands, if not   
   millions, of migratory birds."   
   ...   
   ...   
   "People have been reporting that the birds look sleepy ... they're   
   just really lethargic," Cutler said. "One thing we're not seeing is   
   our resident birds mixed in with these dead birds. We have resident   
   birds that live here, some of them migrate and some of them don't, but   
   we're not getting birds like roadrunners or quail or doves."   
      
   On the other hand, numerous migratory species are dying rapidly and it   
   is not immediately clear why, although the cause appears to be recent.   
   Desmond said the birds had moulted, replacing their feathers in   
   preparation for their flight south, "and you have to be healthy to do   
   that; but somewhere after that, as they initiated their migratory   
   route, they got in trouble."   
      
      
      
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