...At the end of monsoon months, mysterious behavior of birds takes place in Jatinga, a village on a ridge, located in the North Cachar Hills district of Assam State - India. During moonless and foggy dark nights between 1900 hrs and 2200 hrs, flyin' birds come crashin' to the ground with no prior warning whatsoever. This phenomenon of birds committin' suicide is not confined to a single species, with Tiger Bittern, Little Egret, Pond Heron, Indian Pitta and Kingfishers all being affected - so also Ixobrychus flavicollis ie the Black Bittern; a very common bird of Kolkata skies...