And what about woodchucks, rabbits, squirrels, and other common critters around? I do occasionally find remains of bird feathers so I know that some birds are eaten by other birds.
Rabbits and other burrowing animals tend to die underground. Some birds are killed by other birds, and cats of course. But I just wonder where the thousands of bird corpses disappear to. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
It seems that nature has a way to clean up after itself. Though I did have an unsettling experience earlier this year when after a lot of commotion and noise, I found a very large dead crow in my backyard, something I’d never seen before. It was even more unsettling when another appeared the next day! A crow war? Had they come to my yard to die? In both cases my husband buried them; it hasn’t happened since.
We have wood pigeons killed by local cats occasionally. But think about big cities. London had countless thousands of pigeons, as well as many seagulls. But all the time I lived there, I never saw a dead one, unless it was in the road, run over by a car. It has always interested me. 🙂
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Perhaps, but I have always wondered why we don’t see more. Especially in big cities like London, with few carrion eaters or predators.
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I have thought about it most of my life. In London, there are tens of thousands of pigeons. But the only dead ones you ever see are those that have been run over by cars. 🙂
I was just wondering why we don’t see the bodies of many more birds. With so many flying around, you would think that their bodies would be all over the place when they die.
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No doubt many do get eaten, Stevie. But there are hundreds if not thousands of birds in this area, and I have only seen two dead ones in the last three years. I have to assume that they decompose very rapidly. 🙂
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A great – philosophical – inspired question, Pete! Best wishes, Michael
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I have always wondered where the dead birds are, Michael. 🙂
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Me too, Pete! Lets grab some EU funds, and start a research business. Lol
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And what about woodchucks, rabbits, squirrels, and other common critters around? I do occasionally find remains of bird feathers so I know that some birds are eaten by other birds.
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Rabbits and other burrowing animals tend to die underground. Some birds are killed by other birds, and cats of course. But I just wonder where the thousands of bird corpses disappear to. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for letting me know about the burrowers. I can’t answer the bird question, but you have answered my woodchuck etc. question.
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Vultures! They’re the clean up crew, C
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We don’t have them in Britain, and nothing like them in cities. 🙂
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We have tons of them at our lake house and you rarely see dead fish or birds on the beaches. Well sometime they leave the bones! C
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good question, Pete. my guess is they have a special place in heaven 🙂 🙂
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I was just wondering why we don’t see their bodies on the ground, Wilma.
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They go to the same place as I chuq
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But in big cities, there are so many birds! Why are they not littering the streets when they die?
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They find a place in nature to make their final rest….chuq
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Seems that must be the case, or their bodies would be everywhere.
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It seems that nature has a way to clean up after itself. Though I did have an unsettling experience earlier this year when after a lot of commotion and noise, I found a very large dead crow in my backyard, something I’d never seen before. It was even more unsettling when another appeared the next day! A crow war? Had they come to my yard to die? In both cases my husband buried them; it hasn’t happened since.
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We have wood pigeons killed by local cats occasionally. But think about big cities. London had countless thousands of pigeons, as well as many seagulls. But all the time I lived there, I never saw a dead one, unless it was in the road, run over by a car. It has always interested me. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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An interesting question, Pete. I suppose a lot of them get eaten.
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Perhaps, but I have always wondered why we don’t see more. Especially in big cities like London, with few carrion eaters or predators.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Like the phoenix, they rise from their ashes and fly again.
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I have yet to encounter a Phoenix, David. 🙂
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Hopefully there are more birds alive than dead! 🙂
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But a lot of them must die, so I have always wondered why their bodies are not all over the place, Annabelle. 🙂
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Hmm.🤔
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Pondering? 🙂
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I am. I’ve never thought why we don’t see more of our feathered friends remains.
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I have thought about it most of my life. In London, there are tens of thousands of pigeons. But the only dead ones you ever see are those that have been run over by cars. 🙂
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Cats and rats would be my guess, not to mention the microbes. Maybe they have a graveyard like the elephants 🙂
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Strange how we rarely see them though.
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A good thought.. I feel what happens to humans after death, would be the same with birds.
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I was just wondering why we don’t see the bodies of many more birds. With so many flying around, you would think that their bodies would be all over the place when they die.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Believe that they get decomposed or can even be a food for another & that might be the reason why we don’t get to see many of them.
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That could well be the reason. 🙂
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Native Americans used (may still) to thank brother raven for keeping the earth clear of carrion. Warmest regards, Theo
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We do have a lot of Crows around here, and Buzzards. Maybe they do the ‘funeral’ duties? 🙂
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Perhaps they’re some creature’s dinner?
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No doubt many do get eaten, Stevie. But there are hundreds if not thousands of birds in this area, and I have only seen two dead ones in the last three years. I have to assume that they decompose very rapidly. 🙂
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Bird heaven I think.
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But all those birds? I never see more than one or two dead ones on the ground. 🙂
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I suppose they sort of get die on the ground and then decompose in the Earth.
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