. "Mass perishing of aquatic birds in Utah, USA - 27 Dec 2011 Mass perishing of aquatic birds in Utah, USA. As the most recent in a series of incidents this past year where tens of thousands of birds and other animals such as fish suddenly and often mysteriously died, more than 3,500 of the duck-like aquatic birds known as eared grebes recently crash-landed onto a retail store parking lot and adjacen" . . .