The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that in a mysterious case, several birds were found dead near the Bay Area in a Bay Area, and they received two dead birds for evaluation.

Max Bolling lives near Richmond where birds were found. He said he and his brother found five dead birds off the power line one weekend in February. Since then, Max says he has seen 20 dead birds in person.

"We kind of recalled that we were probably close to 50 years old between that pole and all the neighbors between that pole and that pole."

Fish and wildlife officials said one of the birds they assessed was European starlings and the other was just mourning pigeons.

The two birds handed over by PG&E are not the only ones that died nearby. Fish and wildlife officials said they received photos of birds that showed signs of trauma. They said the trauma may appear to be caused by a particle gun, a BB gun or a slingshot.

While PG&E collects birds, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife says they show no signs of electricity, but people nearby say they think it's something that's happening.

"My father kept seeing them, and he saw more than I did. In fact, he saw them like he blew up on the wire like he said a few times."

PG&E issued a statement to the CBS News Bay area saying:

"We thank Richmond customers for their attention to a series of recent bird deaths. We asked California fish and wildlife to evaluate two bird corpses. They shared that the birds showed no electrical evidence and that their deaths were caused by trauma, which may not be believed by the birds of Pellet or BB Gun or slings officialfield. Neighbors asked the Contra County Sheriff's Office to investigate the situation.

Fish and wildlife officials are still investigating the reasons for killing birds in the Richmond community.