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Security footage captured the moment scores of yellow-headed blackbirds crashed to the ground on a street in Mexico's Chihuahua state early on February 7 after becoming disoriented and colliding into one another, according to https://www.facebook.com/larancheradecuauhtemoc/videos/513244963658508/ local reports. Alejandra Herlinda Iglesias Gonzalez told Storyful two of her relatives noticed dozens of dead birds on the street in the Alvaro Obreg—n neighborhood of Cuauhtemoc city on the morning of February 7. Authorities began investigating, and https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=252746626993332 videos showing dead birds scattered along the roadway were published by local news outlets. Police later reviewed Gonzalez's CCTV footage and found the moment the birds crashed from the sky. Initially, experts who examined the scene suggested birds may have died from inhaling toxic fumes or from landing on electrical wires, https://www.facebook.com/Reportecuauhtemoc/posts/4861653477289485 reports said. However, two days later, local reports said the incident was caused by the birds becoming https://www.facebook.com/corredorcomercial/posts/4866331616795096 disoriented . A radio station, La Ranchera de Cuauhtemoc 89.7 FM, https://www.facebook.com/larancheradecuauhtemoc/videos/513244963658508/ reported that the birds were flying at speed when they lost stability and collided into one another, causing blows strong enough to kill many of them. (Footage by Alejandra Herlinda Iglesias Gonzalez/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)