Here’s a little something interesting to start the last week of August: Some residents on and near the southern end of Court Street in Carroll Gardens (near the elevated Gowanus Expressway) are saying that they are noticing an unusual number of dead birds. The word comes via some email exchanges on the BoCoCa Parents Group, with one person describing the bird deaths as “a sharp uptick” and at least once other concurring that there are some dead birds around. Here’s the first email:

This is odd but has anyone (but me) noticed a sharp uptick in dead birds on the south end of Court street? Any ideas why this might be happening? I’ve so far managed to avoid either my son or dog playing with one but lately I’ve seen one or two every day.

And, there’s at least one response so far corroborating the observation:

I have noticed some too– today on a side street right by someone’s front door and once in our tiny yard, by columbia street. weird!!

Yet another resident speculates that West Nile Virus could be the culprit:

Please report any dead bird to the board of health through 311. West Nile could be the culprit, and the City has done very little about the mosquito problem in Brooklyn. West Nile is transmitted through mosquitoes and can, in rare cases, infect people making them very sick.

Further reports as we get them.