2006-08-23 06:25:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
I had a dead bird on my lawn recently, a cat took it away; nature's recycling system at work.
2006-08-23 06:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous_dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave a very satisfactory answer to this same question yesterday.
I have seen MANY dead birds on the ground in different places and situations over the course of my lifetime: dead crows, jays, pigeons, robins, turkies, grouse, starlings, chickadees.... I think that you just have to spend a lot of time outdoors and really look for them to notice them. Their bodies DO get eaten up rather quickly by scavengers and/or decomposed by scavanging insects- bird bodies are surprisingly small and don't take long for beetles to devour.
2006-08-23 14:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by ziz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found several dead birds in my garden during the hot weather even though I put out dishes of water. Generally I think that natural predators and scavengers in the wild take care of dead creatures, but in suburban areas it is up to us to do the clearing up if you don't want a load of flies.
2006-08-23 06:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a really weird question. Ozzy Osbourne ses the going to Bird Land and play a trumpet.
2006-08-23 07:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by Wizzy Woman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some die over lakes, sink and are eaten by fish, but mostly wild animals and county pest control keep them fairly cleaned up. We have a dead seagul prob at the moment though, they are everywhere. Seems most the feral dogs are dragging them off to eat though.
2006-08-23 06:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They fall on the ground for insects vultures and other animals to get to them to eat or even possibly homes. If for some reason no one gets to them they decay and weather into the ground.
2006-08-23 06:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by pinkfox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They pass on! They are no more! They have ceased to be! 'They've expired and gone to meet their maker! They're stiff! Bereft of life, they rest in peace! They're pushing up the daisies! They're off the twig! They've kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibule!!
2006-08-23 06:42:17 · answer #7 · answered by Si R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!
You mean to say that you DON'T have a bunch of dead birds lying around on the ground?
I need to MOVE!!
2006-08-23 06:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would imagine that if a bird died in a open area then it would be food for another animal, and also it would just compose into the ground,,,
2006-08-23 06:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by corkybusangel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice to find other people think like me. When I asked that question at work my colleagues looked at me as if I were mad. Still don't know the answer though.
2006-08-23 20:34:58 · answer #10 · answered by Sam B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋