Lady Macbeth hears an owl.
An omen
death i think
banshee
It means someone or something indicates impending death/destruction. Think of it as an omen.
The hawk was an omen of death in ancient Greece.
That was the original "The Omen".
It is considered a death omen in American folk and Native American belief
Yes most people consider a dead bird in the house as the sign of a bad omen. Birds are considered by some to be the harbingers of death.
There are thousands, however the more common include; The inexplicable howling dogs as an omen of coming death Bees leaving the hives as an omen of the death of the "head of the household" Covering mirrors in a house where there has been a death, so the spirit of the departed won't get "lost" in them. Not speaking ill of the dead, as they are closer to the gods and may speak ill of you to them.
Very, very bad omen. An obvious indication of death.
Although there as several omens of dogs and death (a howling dog predicts the death of a loved one) there are no omens, I can find, about the death of a dog meaning anything.
I suppose you could interpret it that way, since a bird tapping on a window is an omen of death.