scapegeese
like scapegoat, refers to the common act act of blaming a airplane crash on a flock of birds or geese, specifically.
Jack: On the news, they said the culprit in the plane that crash-landed on the Hudson River was a flock of birds that got sucked into the engine after take-off, and not pilot-error.  

Jim: It's so convenient to make the birds the Scapegeese!