Why don%26#039;t more birds drop out of the sky, dead? There are billions of them. Do birds never die mid-flight?

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I don%26#039;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 %26#039;how nice!%26#039; and then the word would go around. They%26#039;d be dropping like flies then.......
so why don%26#039;t more flies drop out of the sky, dead?

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• 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.
• I would guess that normally if a bird is in a condition where it is likely to die then it wouldn%26#039;t be flying and that would account for the lack of them dropping out of the sky.
• i%26#039;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%26#039;ve heard of lightening strikes killing whole flocks of ducks mid-flight.
• 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.
• Normally if they%26#039;re shot but no, they normally land before they die, but sometimes, yes, they do, at least, I%26#039;ve seen it.
• 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
• good question!
  I have never seen one fall dead from the sky, but I think they must do.
  Maybe they don%26#039;t take off if they are feeling ill.
• occasionally they do if they are clobbered on the head by a turd that has been flushed from a passenger aircraft.
• Maybe they do, but then just glide to earth and are gobbled up by coyotes and cats?
  I have no idea!
• They hide themselves to die.
• I%26#039;d guess they start feeling weak and tired, so stop somewhere to rest.
• They do, just not at your house.