It was an interesting picture to take apart- it was right to post it! I have reported to airliners.net that in my opinion it is a Photoshop montage.
Now for the birds. I don't for a moment think the birds and the aeroplane are in exactly the same bit of sky. There are no bodies falling below the aeroplane. It is a telephoto shot- there may be many hundreds of meters between them.
Come on- let's have another!