Does this mean we are doomed…?

[Undertherainbow00]

Came home to find a dead bird on my doorstep… Literally can’t fathom how it would end up there. Live in the countryside but how did it get there???
Of course the ring doorbell isn’t charged, so can’t check if it was put there. I’m SO freaked out right now after googling ‘dead bird on doorstep’. It wasn’t a little bird either - some sort of crow looking thing. I was screaming and my partner removed it, so I didn’t get a good look. Anyone else out there ever experienced anything similar?

Apparently...

'Sometimes, the presence of a dead bird on your doorstep can signify a transition that you need to go through, a relinquishing of negative behaviors that have impacted your life'

I would guess it is a parable from that your Ring doorbell battery is 'dead' and should be replaced. Clever stuff by those Amazon people, it's why you see so many Amazon vehicles about - they're delivering dead birds to Ring doorbell owners with uncharged batteries. (I think.)

Pest removal will take it away if you aren't up to it yourself (op, I mean!)

I had pest removal round for a mice problem a while back (unfortunately, live ones) and while he was there he took a call asking him to remove a dead fox.

Separately at my last school, one of the biology teachers who was fab, would collect road kill for dissections. They dissected a fox once. I could never teach biology, it was so gross

I understand OP - I’d definitely be worried it was a bad omen! But then I’m a bit ‘woo’. I found a dead bee on my floor the other morning, with no idea how it could have got into the house (it wasn’t there the night previously and I’ve never seen bees inside before! No windows or doors opened etc). I was worried it was a bad omen but when I checked online it was actually a very good omen! I also checked when a moth flew into me what that could mean. Although Mumsnet isn’t a very spiritual place it seems, lots of people believe that things like this do have meaning. I’m always searching for stuff like this! If it makes you feel any better, a dead bird is not a bad omen from a spiritual perspective, instead perhaps representing a time of change rather than actual death. But then again, it could just be that a cat dropped it there, like a PP said!

Tbh I’d be a bit freaked out by a horse’s head on the doorstep too, it would be hard to fit in the bin

😂😂

I came home to a dead bird on the doorstep once. I chose to assume a local cat was in love with me and brought me its finest gift. Don’t recall anything bad happening afterwards.

Hahahaha I thought that too 🤣

One morning we awoke to find my DD’s rescue budgie dead. On the doorstep was also a dead bird. Further down the road was another dead bird lying on the pavement. I live in central London. It was autumn I don’t know if this is why.

Nothing bad happened except DD being upset about the budgie (he was originally taken in by a rescue she was volunteering at but couldn’t fly with the others in the flock so she took him home).

In fact thinking about it after that things improved, both financially and in other ways.

We get birds flying into our windows. I know when it’s happened as there’s a dusty splat mark where it hit.

I went out into the garden the other day and there was a headless pigeon chick laying by the back door. I was just happy not to have stepped on it. No screaming required and I don't feel doomed.

How do you cope in the real world?

If you freak out and scream at dead birds in the countryside, how do you cope with all those dead chickens in the supermarket?

Hope time line helps….

no maggots on it, it’s recently died!

Crawling in maggots, been dead a while!

This has happened to me and I screamed too, no idea why, maybe the shock of seeing something dead on my door step. Great for them strong (cold hearted) women who feel the need to belittle you for screaming and couldn't possibly understand someone having a reaction to seeing a dead animal.

Cats used to leave us diected mice on windowsills. Poor things were trying to feed us🙈

You were screaming?

I bet your super helpful in a crisis.

I had a dead bird just outside my front door last week. I didn’t think anything of it except, oh dear that’s not nice. My son cleared it away.

Why the heck were you screaming?

You live in the countryside and you freaked out over a dead bird on your doorstep because you don’t know how it got there?

They walk among us.

It was a dead bird not a dead cow on her doorstep. I’ve come across many dead birds in my time.

Did OP’s husband scream though?

My mum screamed at a leaf on the kitchen floor once.
She thought it was a dead frog.
Ive never let her forget this story.

This is a bad omen, you probably need to consider moving house. Birds don't just die on doorsteps... guessing the neighbors lad doesn't have an air rifle?
Move out. Or move on.

You screamed? lol

Did you really scream? I mean I could understand a short utterance of 'ewww gross' but an actual high pitch vocalisation of 'aaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhh' seems a tad much, you maybe need to reconsider where you live, or learn some relaxation techniques (not meant as a criticism, just an observation from what you have written).
We once discovered a mummified rat under our floorboards, during renovation, that was a bit 'urgh, that's minging, but kinda fascinating in a weirdly repulsive way'.
Anyway back to you, no it's not the sign of the apocalypse, so chill on that front. If it was from the corvid 🐦‍⬛ family, they can be quite aggressive towards other corvids they don't recognise, as a result they'll 'fight' with their reflection in the glass, they can end up fighting to the death with themselves. So if you have a window close to your door, that could be an answer.
Next could be bird flu in your area, especially if there is no obvious sign of injury.
A cat could have injured / killed it and left it on your doorstep.
Could just be a very elderly bird, that for whatever reason dropped dead by your door step.
Anyway if you live in the countryside I'm afraid finding dead animals is par for the course. Just be very careful with how you handle any dead animal as zoonosis is alive and well.

We’re doomed if this is how people react to minor, insignificant things yes.

Used to take repair calls for HA. Had a lady who threatened to burn the house down because I wouldn't send someone out over ants in her bathroom. That was fun.