21.   DeKalb County is compiling reports of dead birds of all species, but asking the public to bring in only crows, blue jays or birds of prey.

22.   Dead birds were being removed from beaches.

23.   Creshkoff began picking up dead birds from the World Trade Center and the World Financial Center a few years ago.

24.   For every dead bird found, scientists say, there might be as many as nine more whose bodies have not been recovered.

25.   For his part, Ellis said, the talk of dead birds has not changed holiday tastes.

26.   Five dead birds have been found, three soiled birds were captured, and some threatened Western snowy plovers were seen with spots of oil.

27.   In Manhattan, a team from the Parks Department swept through Central Park on Friday night searching for dead birds but found none, said Parks Commissioner Henry Stern.

28.   In starting the bird hunt on Friday night, city health officials opened special telephone lines and asked residents to call in sightings of dead birds.

29.   It is a mirror cracked, a dead bird on the sidewalk, a black cat that crosses the TV screen, bares fangs and hisses.

30.   New Yorkers can also call to report dead birds on their property.