Mass bird deaths in New Zealand seven days after sonic boom

2024, April 22. New Zealand, Lake Wānaka, Dublin Bay. 100 dead birds, including 85 paradise shelducks, on the shore of Lake Wānaka, and in a nearby paddock a dead black swan, nine Canada geese, three paradise shelduck, and a mallard.

Dead paradise shelducks litter the shoreline at Dublin Bay yesterday. Photo: Otago Fish & Game

Mystery as 100 dead birds found in Wānaka | Otago Daily Times Online News (odt.co.nz)

Sonic Boom heard after meteor.

2024, April 15. New Zealand, South Island, Otago and Southland. Time: 08:17 UT, 20:30NZST. Travelling N.N.W. Sonic boom heard (Delayed).

Meteor in New Zealand and dead Pygmy whale in Mexico. Update: Meteor 16:00 N.Z. Update: 17:00 North Sea

Update: Second significant fireball event in New Zealand since the March 13 meteor impact. This event could produce marine animal disturbance.

Local time: 6:35. See the image below. Explosion, shockwave and tremor. It was seen, heard and felt over a distance of 500km.

“It felt like an earthquake, followed by a shockwave”, “I didn’t see the fireball - but felt the explosion and shockwave, it was the loudest explosion we have ever heard, felt the earth move … and there was a sudden weird wind momentarily straight after the event.”  

Meteor shoots across New Zealand skies, sparks Fireballs Aotearoa plea for footage - NZ Herald

Laurie Jane Palmer captured the smoke trail from the meteor above Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast last night. Photo / Laurie Jane Painter via Facebook  

2024, March 29. New Zealand, Manawatū-Whanganui, Marlborough, Taranaki, Waikato and Wellington. Time 05:42 UT. North Island, west coast, travelling west. The object fragmented and there was a report of a sonic boom.

American Meteor Society (amsmeteors.org)

Map – Fireballs Aotearoa

Update: 2024, March 27. England and Scotland. North Sea. Large Meteor. Time: Around 23:19 UT. Traveling S.W.

2024, March 28. Mexico, Cancun Beach. Pygmy sperm whale strands and dies.