Is this story about bird suicide a joke?

[AliShibaz]

There was a news story about a group of bird watchers who gathered in Scotland (about 40 of them) to watch a very rare bird and when they saw it, the bird flew into a wind turbine and was killed.

The story concludes with, "suicide has not been ruled out".

I am not the sharpest tack in the box and I just can't decide if this story is a hoax or if it is real. It was carried in The Drudge Report which is a very serious source for world news (although mostly US news). Still, I just can't figure it out.

What do you think? Is it a hoax? How can it be real if it talks about bird suicide?

WWW.BREITBART.COM

Birdwatchers Gather To See Rare

Bird...which Flies Into A Turbine, Dies

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(This post was last modified: 07-01-2013, 05:29 PM by AliShibaz.)

[sporkium]

yes, the bird flew into the turbine... the suicide part is called 'commentary.'

[velvetfog]

When a bird flies close to the front of a running turbine, it gets sucked into it, unable to escape.
It is doubtful that it was suicide.
Birds also get killed by flying into jet engines and windows.