Something weird is brewing in Arkansas. They've also had almost 500 earthquakes in the past few months; compared to 39 in 2009.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-12-13/...quake-swarm-new-madrid-arkansas-town?_s=PM:US
There is a fault in Missouri (right near the Arkansas border) that caused the 1812 New Madrid Earthquake. It was felt over 1000 miles away:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1811-1812.php
They also have Hot Springs National Park and a hot spring is defined as, "a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock."
Crater of Diamond State Park is situated over an eroded lamproite volcanic pipe.
I've marked all of the places I've mentioned on a map:
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(I'm not sure if the dead birds are connected to everything else. They are represented by the letter "E" in the map and if you take out E, you can see that the remaining letters form a line)