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?

My cat had a bird- think it was a starling:(- and all the local magpies joined in the starlings in dive bombing the cat. I really respected them for that.

Make an appointment to see yr GP for help with yr irrational anxiety.

Last spring I had the pleasure of seeing a young magpie family teaching the little ones to sit on the fence.

One went upside down and fell off, a sibling then started a fight and one of the adults, well I don't speak Magpie so I didn't get the words but it was a stern telling off.

I don't see why a chicken can't be counted as a neighbour. They have more personality than some humans.

😂😂 I'd be doing that almost every day with the delightful gifts my ginger devil cat leaves on my doorstep! 😂😂

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Get a grip!

It's supposed to be bad luck, someone meant to snuff it

We have sparrowhawks roundabput, they prey on bird tables, waiting quietly then pouncing, it's probable a bird of prey has dropped it in flight

Probably a present. Have you been nice to a cat recently?

A bird of prey once left a headless mouse on our balcony 🤮. I only know because I happened to come to make a cup of tea and saw the bird out there, otherwise we'd just have had a mysterious mouse on the third floor.

We had a dead looking bird of prey on our patio earlier in the year with a smaller bird next to it. I heard the thud so realised it had banged into the window with it's dinner. Freaked me out seeing it and husband was out so I left it.

It had disappeared when I looked later, concussed rather than dead, although the little bird was still there and still very dead. Obviously didn't fancy cold takeaway.

you.... were screaming.... jesus wept.

Do you have a dodgy mafia past that you're scared has finally caught up with you or something??

Screaming....? All I'm picturing right now is some 00's teen movie where the popular female teenager/snowflake screams because she stained her favourite miniskirt.

Maybe lay off the country mushrooms?

More than likely a cat put it there as a gift, because they do that - Or a fox, or a massive bird of prey dropped it, or an owl. (Yes we have eagles and red kites in this country. Amongst others.)

Or maybe it's about to get all Blair Witch up in your garden and you should sprinkle a salt circle around your house.

I've been screaming. With laughter at some of the posts. Got the hiccups now.

Well, I think it's creepy. I published a book about dead birds, though.

If you have a cat that's where it came from. They were providing you with the raw essentials for dinner.

Our dog brought an entire dead pigeon 🐦 into the conservatory.
I was about to take my friend in there for a cup of tea so I was carrying a tray with cups , cake etc .
I reckon it had flown into a window and knocked itself out .
I calmly put the tray down , shooed our dog into another room , got a shovel and plastic bag to dispose of it .
I am glad it was a whole pigeon and not half a pigeon 🤢

Dead birds are supposed to be bad luck but only if they're in the house, not outside. I suspect a cat left it there, it crashed into the door and broke it's neck or it died of disease. None of which is uncommon, especially in the countryside.

I came home one day to find a dead fox on my doorstep. Poor thing was obviously diseased and perhaps was trying to find shelter. Anyway, I did not have hysterics or assume the Mafia had left their calling card.

As PP have said it's likely that a cat, or maybe a fox, has left it there.
My late mother was really suspicious about dead birds in or near the house - she reckoned it meant a death 😲however given that one of my cats has dragged at least 50 dead birds into my house in the last 13 years, I can't say that I'm fazed by that one.

Flew into your house and died. But screamed? God.

The title of this post made me think it was going to be about climate change or AI. Why doomed? Probably left there by a cat.

Have you lived in the countryside for long? I grew up on a farm and as a child recall seeing smaller wild animals such as birds, mice etc, seemingly with no actual injuries, most likely having been killed by cats or foxes. They sometimes kill for "fun" and not necessarily for food. The bodies were left in all sorts of odd places around the garden or yard.