NEW : A Beebe resident recalls last year as `` freaky , '' with `` dead birds lying everywhere '' About 200 blackbirds die this year in the city after two spurts of fireworks , an official says . The first was on July 4 and the second occurred a week later. ` We got out and backed out of the driveway , and it was freaky , man . About 5,000 birds were found dead in the Arkansas city last New Year 's Eve .
NEW : A Beebe resident recalls last year as `` freaky , '' with `` dead birds lying everywhere '' About 200 blackbirds die this year in the city after two spurts of fireworks , an official says . The first was on July 4 and the second occurred a week later. About 5,000 birds were found dead in the Arkansas city last New Year 's Eve .