After 5,000 Blackbirds fell from the sky on New Year's Eve 2010 in Beebe, Arkansas, many people are wondering what this mass death symbolizes.
In dreams, dead birds can symbolize a loss of freedom. Various cultures view birds either as a way the soul is carried to heaven, or, in the case of vultures, ravens and crows, as a symbol of death.
See related links for more on the Arkansas blackbird die off as well as information about birds in mythology.
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I can only tell you that from experience. Without fail every time there was a dead bird found in my home someone I loved passed away. I started to believe that i twas more of a warning. It has happened with my grandmother, grandfather, my sisters fiance, my Nana and my dad. Every single time we found a dead bird in the house and within weeks they were dead. All of them had illness except my sisters fiance. So maybe coincidence but, whenever i do find one. I take it very seriously and pray for nothing to happen.
I've heard it means that someone close to you is going to die.
A robin is e mediate death others just mean death but remember death can mean new beginnings
I've heard that it means someone close to you is about to die. That is, if you are superstitious. I've never actually known anyone that has had it happen to them. A bird got into our attic once and died inside one of the walls. We heard it flapping around and trying to get out for days but we couldn't get to it. No one close to us has died.
A bird has good sense and knowledge of navigation so if one is dead then it seems as if it has lost its way as if a person lost their way in life, even for a little while.
It means that the bird died and you found it
It probably means that the bird crashed into your window and died or that it died somehow when it was in front of your window.
Depending on what you believe in, it symbolizes a death. Not physically but metaphorically. Example, a breakup.
it drowned
you will regret that (your dead)
It's not alive anymore.
well if a really creepy lady live near your house then yes it means she is a witch if not then its just a dead bird
It most commonly means that it has stopped living. And is yellow.
It means you need to toss it in the garbage.
you have a catBird could have died of the West Nile virus
To my knowledge there is no symbolic meaning of the action. It was an old practice to hang a game bird by its neck to "ripen" the meat, when the bird fell, the meat was ready to be cooked.
Either a bird has died or been killed on the driveway, or it sdead body has been moved there (for example by wind or carried by another bird).
If a bird breathed when it was dead, then the bird wouldn't be dead. So, no.
It means bad luck is going to come your way
Pail is a word meaning bucket. The homophone for pail is pale (meaning very light in color).