re: #501 Gus 802
I suspect that the chronology of that event is mixed up as being reported. Perhaps the ‘multiple blunt trauma to their vital organs’ is with regards to them hitting the ground. Otherwise it would have to involved a mass collision of sorts which seem unlikely. IMO
One theory was that the flock was struck by lightning…the close proximity of the thunderclap could create a strong enough shockwave to stun the birds in flight.