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[[File:Birds attack 2071.jpg|link=The Birds|frame|Nature re-establishes the pecking order.]]
{{quote|''"Birds [...] are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious."''
|'''Spider''', ''[[Anansi Boys]]'', by [[Neil Gaiman]]}}
▲{{quote|''"Birds [...] are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings. Devouring defenseless wiggly things and, and nuts, and fish, and, and other birds. They get the early worms. And have you ever watched a chicken eat? They may look innocent, but birds are, well, they're vicious."''|'''Spider''', ''[[Anansi Boys]]'', by [[Neil Gaiman]]}}
{{quote|'''Leliana''': But a bird is a creature of grace, and beauty! They open their mouths and they sing!
'''Shale''': The bard hears music. I hear a wail of banshees that boils my blood.
'''Leliana''': But... what about a nightingale? Or a swan?
'''Shale''': They are not pigeons, it is true. Still? Evil beasts of the sky.
|''[[Dragon Age]]''}}
Everybody knows that birds are some of the least scary animals ever, right? After all, they're small, they're pretty, they sing, [[Killer Rabbit|they have sharp claws and pointy beaks]], [[Zerg Rush|they fly around in huge flocks]], [[Nausea Fuel|they hang out in battlefields and pick the flesh off of the corpses]]...
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'': While looking for a way out of the Forest of Death, the wolves get freaked out by a creepy talking owl that might be a ghost. One of its cryptic pronouncements ''does'' does turn out to be a clue to the escape route, though.
** Confirmed. {{spoiler|After the gang discover the bones stripped bare by the bugs, if you watch the next shot of the owl you can see the trees through it as it flies away.}}
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* Some of the Dark One's servants in [[Wheel of Time]] can use crows as spies and messengers, and occasionally use huge flocks of crows to attack people. Crows are regularly included in scenes to give the impression that characters are being watched.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "A Witch Shall Be Born", [[Conan the Barbarian]] is crucified, but the villain carefully explains that the vultures will kill him first.
* Both played straight and averted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''; while crows are viewed as an ill omen, and a malicious variety called "crebain" serve Saruman as spies and messengers, ravens are noted to be dwarf-friends. And the Eagles are downright [[Always Lawful Good]].
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, ordinary birds of prey such as hawks, eagles, and owls. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since they're ''cats'', after all, and the birds are very large to them - large enough to carry off a kit, or, with an eagle at least, a full-grown cat.
* The Pure Ones,St. Aggie's owls and hagsfiends of [[Guarduans Of Ga'Hoole]]
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