PHILADELPHIA - Over 1,000 dead birds were found dead in the streets after they flew into Philadelphia skyscrapers.Warning: Some readers may find the images disturbing.As a volunteer for Pennsylvania Audubon Society, Stephen Machevsky collects the small, frail bodies of birds that have crashed into glass windows and fallen dead to the sidewalk.
Typically, it’s dozens a day, but not last Friday.“And I mean birds were just falling out of the sky. I couldn’t believe it.
I would collect a few and people would say there’s some more over there,” Machevsky said. The Audobon Society estimated 1,500 birds died.