have you ever seen a bird drop dead from the sky?

[Alixie]

I wonder why I almost never see dead animals or birds when I go out in the woods. I guess scavengers get to the dead bodies asap. A bird croaking mid flight would drop like a rock, not dive down fully in control of its wings and direction.

The only time Im sure I caught a bird having a heart attack is when I owned a parakeet some years ago. I was sitting in the living room with my laptop, birdie was chillen on his perch as usual. Then I hear a loud squawk and found him on his back either dying or involuntarily twitching. He pissed himself and stopped moving 10 minutes later. All was quiet in the house.

[Janaa]

Of course it's not actually diving, but we're talking about peripheral information. Unless you're actually watching the bird that happens to die mid-flight, then your brain is still going to interpret it peripherally as a bird diving. It still maintains some forward momentum, and it won't look odd enough to draw your attention unless you're looking at it, or it's close enough to be more than a subconscious observation.

[Deleted]

yes at a parachute jumping school.

[ringpriest]

I see it happen to ducks a lot sometimes geese and the ocational pheasent too.

Lol. Just make sure you get all the lead out before you start cooking - or use alloy shot to begin with.

[Deleted]

I saw one fly right into the window of a Tesco, I had giggle fits for the whole afternoon just remembering it.

[Reeve]

Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree? Don't they ever get stuck up there?

[Independent voter]

If I was a bird I would prefer to die in flight.