In our childhood times we used to see different species of birds, which may have disappeared from our urban areas. But still some birds like pigeons etc live in flocks in our urban areas. Since childhood I wondered where all the crows and sparrows die because I rarely saw them dead (which were accid…

AI search: Where do Pigeons die in Urban areas Quote: When sick or injured, pigeons instinctively seek out dark, secluded places to die in urban areas, such as: Ventilation systems, Attics, Building ledges, Holes, Crevices, Ventilation shafts, Building openings, Inaccessible rock ledges, Under bri…

Let me offer a slightly different perspective - I am a collector of bones, what’s sometimes called a part of the “vulture culture”. Dead birds are there in the city. Everywhere really. But they become as my mum would say “Part of the landscape” very easily. You walk past them without seeing them al…

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I see them every so often. For pigeons, they’ll get too weak or sick to move out of the way, and will get run over by cars or eaten by coyotes/raccoons/raptors. I’ve even seen a dead Canada goose recently that was hit by a car. I also see dead grackles on occasion - usually in parking lots where the…

[image] ajott: I bet it is more then you imagine… but I guess feral cats and dogs are plentyful and always happy for a snack playing around with the iNat maps in India showed plenty of observations for dogs, cats, rats and even birds of prey also in the larger city… so they are quite probably t…

[image] Birdraghu-youtube: Although I have seen them chasing birds occasionally but never seen them successfully caught a bird ever. Well, I own a dog from the street and one would not see it in her, but she already killed a rat and a dove in our backyard this year alone… she has a lot of fai…

[image] Naelin: Dead birds are there in the city. Everywhere really. But they become as my mum would say “Part of the landscape” very easily. You walk past them without seeing them all the time, and you need to have trained your eye to notice them. I’m glad someone said this, I was starting t…

[image] ajott: Sure, but comparing urban areas to rural areas or specific national parks was not the aim here, or was it? You said you live very urban and I just want to point out that there are many birds of prey that specifically thrive in those environments, even if one may not see them all t…

[image] ajott: Well, I own a dog from the street and one would not see it in her, but she already killed a rat and a dove in our backyard this year alone… she has a lot of failed trials as well, but once in a while it will work out… otherwise those dogs/cats would not waste their energy on them. …

[image] lizardking: I have never seen bird bones decay in two to three days. Bodies, not bones. The soft tissue can decompose quickly. Even in dry temperate climates I’ve see birds that died in the afternoon turn into a loose pile of feathers and bones by the next day, and by the second day…

Where do all the Urban Birds Die?

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Here it seems to be mostly from house cats.

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Where do all the Urban Birds Die?

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