Mass Animal Deaths, Ravens, and so Forth

I've read with interest a couple articles about birds and fish dying by the thousands and hundreds of thousands. There is an interesting map here: Mass Animal Deaths. I don't know exactly what to think about this and I don't know if it's really related to Hosea 4:3. "Because of this the land dries up,
and all who live in it waste away;
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away."
I'd have to study that passage out and see if it is really prophetic for End Times or not.

What I have noticed is the birds. Ravens - I mentioned them in an earlier post and I commented on them several times over the summer on facebook. What I also noticed was on the way from Kiev to Kherson this time was a very large number of large raptors. We called them hawks - I assume that's what they were. They were quite large, with white breasts and dark backs. I don't remember ever seeing hawks here before, yet just casually watching the roadside pass by, I saw well over a dozen near the highways. I was struck by it then and wondering why there were so many now.

And on the edge of PerviMaisk, near a dumping area, there were thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands of black birds, most likely ravens. Could have been very large black birds, but ravens seem to rule in this country. They filled the trees and the fields and were flying in swarms all over. As we drove through the city, there were other groups of them here and there.

And this summer - one evening at sunset while Stirling and I were out in the fenced yard, the ravens started flying over. After watching them awhile, I started counting. Counted over 50 and gave up. Again, there were at least 100-200 of them. I could hear, but not see, others flying up over the ridge. Several dozen roosted for several nights in the aspen trees around my parents place. During the evening I could hear them rustling around and occasionally dropping small branches down on to the ground. It was weird - I thought so then and I still think so. I've NEVER seen ravens like that at my parents place in the past 40 years. Mom and Dad had never seen them like that either.

So, something is going on. I don't know what it is, for sure, but something is definitely happening in the world around us that is unusual.

English Standard Version (©2001)
"Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God," Revelation 19:7