Readers want to know about birds and fish dying in Arkansas

National and international news has focused on the thousands of black birds falling dead from the sky in Beebe, Ark. and the 100,000-plus dead drum fish along a 20-mile patch of the Arkansas River near Ozark, Ark.
The two towns are 100 miles apart and experts are saying the two incidents are unrelated.
The birds started falling from the sky on New Year's Eve and the ones left behind are still showing signs of being confused and disoriented. Some are still dying. Experts are leaning toward stress as the killing factor. More than just black birds have been impacted but mostly black birds.
Experts are postulating that the drum have been hit by a virus. There have been no fish deaths other than drum. Experts are looking at a virus specific to that type of fish.
Samples of dead birds and dead fish have been sent to labs across the country for further evaluation.