Why don't more birds drop out of the sky, dead?

Question

There are billions of them. Do birds never die mid-flight?

Answer 1

I have never seen it, but i guess if they arent feeling too good they wont be flying lol I wouldnt feel much like flying if I didnt feel well xx

Answer 2

I came to this question hoping to find the answer too.

I don't think birds die on the wing - zat is my conclusiono.

Maybe if you dug lots of little bird shaped graves in yer garden all the birds would say 'how nice!' and then the word would go around. They'd be dropping like flies then.......

so why don't more flies drop out of the sky, dead?

Answer 3

Maybe they do, but then just glide to earth and are gobbled up by coyotes and cats?

I have no idea!

Answer 4

good question!

I have never seen one fall dead from the sky, but I think they must do.

Maybe they don't take off if they are feeling ill.

Answer 5

occasionally they do if they are clobbered on the head by a t**d that has been flushed from a passenger aircraft.

Answer 6

Normally if they're shot but no, they normally land before they die, but sometimes, yes, they do, at least, I've seen it.

Answer 7

i'm sure it happens quite often, but think about the land mass that they have to fall to.  the odds of seeing it are minimal.  i've heard of lightening strikes killing whole flocks of ducks mid-flight.

Answer 8

I have seen it once when it flew into a radar that was radiationg. As soon as it entered the path it just fell out of the sky.

Answer 9

They hide themselves to die.

Answer 10

They do, just not at your house.

Answer 11

I would guess that normally if a bird is in a condition where it is likely to die then it wouldn't be flying and that would account for the lack of them dropping out of the sky.

Answer 12

I'd guess they start feeling weak and tired, so stop somewhere to rest.

Answer 13

I hope somebody gives a definitive answer to this question because I wonder about this as well.

I live in woodland. The dawn chorus is deafening and I see hundreds of birds a day and yet I never see a dead one even when out walking for miles. I had sort of concluded that foxes and other predators snap them up but still wonder why I NEVER see one.