NEW : A Arkansas Game and Fish Commission resident recalls this year as `` freaky , '' with `` dead birds lying everywhere '' About 200 blackbirds die last New Year 's Eve in the city after About 200 spurts of fireworks , an official says . `` Someone went into the roost and set off fireworks , '' she adds . About 5,000 birds were found dead in the Arkansas city last year .
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 . `` Someone went into the roost and set off fireworks , '' she adds . About 5,000 birds were found dead in the Arkansas city last New Year 's Eve .