u/ApprehensiveEye2594

So this happened an hour ago, round 1 AM, my mom heard crows (not sure how many but at least 2) screaming EXTREMELY loud outside. Like, aggressively loud. She told me to go check if they were killing another crow or something.

I go outside and literally as I'm looking up at the tree, a baby crow falls from WAY up high and lands right in front of me. And it's already dead. Not struggling, not moving - just gone.

The second it hit the ground, all the crows went completely silent. Like someone flipped a switch.

I spent about an hour with the bird checking if maybe it was just paralyzed or stunned from the fall. I watched his chest carefully to see if it was moving up and down at all. I checked for any slight movements. I examined his whole body for injuries - the only thing I found was a tiny wound on his neck with barely any blood. The bird looked pretty developed for a baby, so it wasn't a helpless newborn.

But no matter how long I watched, he wasn't breathing. He was definitely dead.

I buried him after. Rest in Peace my Baby🖤

Now I'm confused about what I actually witnessed.
Why were they screaming at 1 AM? Why did a baby that far up in a tree just... fall? Why was it already dead when I found it? And why did everything go silent instantly after?

I live in Germany and there's a fox around that hunts rats sometimes. No idea if that matters.

Does anyone know what could've happened?

So this happened one hour ago, round 1 AM, my mom heard crows screaming EXTREMELY loud outside. Like, aggressively loud. She told me to go check if they were killing another crow or something.

I go outside and literally as I'm looking up at the tree, a baby crow falls from WAY up high and lands right in front of me. And it's already dead. Not struggling, not moving - just gone.

The second it hit the ground, all the crows went completely silent. Like someone flipped a switch.

I spent about an hour with the bird checking if maybe it was just paralyzed or stunned from the fall. I watched his chest carefully to see if it was moving up and down at all. I checked for any slight movements. I examined his whole body for injuries - the only thing I found was a tiny wound on his neck with barely any blood. The bird looked pretty developed for a baby, so it wasn't a helpless newborn.

But no matter how long I watched, he wasn't breathing. He was definitely dead.

I buried him after. Rest in peace my baby🖤

Now I'm confused about what I actually witnessed. Why were they screaming at 1 AM? Why did a baby that far up in a tree just... fall? Why was it already dead when I found it? And why did everything go silent instantly after?

I live in Germany and there's a fox around that hunts rats sometimes. No idea if that matters.

Does anyone know what could've happened?

So this happened an hour ago, round 1 AM, my mom heard crows (not sure how many but at least 2) screaming EXTREMELY loud outside. Like, aggressively loud. She told me to go check if they were killing another crow or something.

I go outside and literally as I'm looking up at the tree, a baby crow falls from WAY up high and lands right in front of me. And it's already dead. Not struggling, not moving - just gone.

The second it hit the ground, all the crows went completely silent. Like someone flipped a switch.

I spent about an hour with the bird checking if maybe it was just paralyzed or stunned from the fall. I watched his chest carefully to see if it was moving up and down at all. I checked for any slight movements. I examined his whole body for injuries - the only thing I found was a tiny wound on his neck with barely any blood. The bird looked pretty developed for a baby, so it wasn't a helpless newborn.

But no matter how long I watched, he wasn't breathing. He was definitely dead.

I buried him after. Rest in Peace my Baby🖤

Now I'm confused about what I actually witnessed. Why were they screaming at 1 AM? Why did a baby that far up in a tree just... fall? Why was it already dead when I found it? And why did everything go silent instantly after?

I live in Germany and there's a fox around that hunts rats sometimes. No idea if that matters.
Does anyone know what could've happened?

Hi everyone,

I just found something on my windowsill where I regularly feed birds, and I’m a bit confused about what it is.

It looks like part of a beak (or maybe a whole small beak?), but I honestly can’t tell if it broke off from a bird or if it’s something else entirely.

I get a lot of different birds visiting: crows, pigeons (including juveniles), starlings, sparrows, blue tits, and other small birds. So it could belong to almost anything.

One thing I noticed: earlier I saw a starling rubbing/wiping its beak on the windowsill (which I know birds sometimes do). Starlings have pretty long, thin beaks, and when it flew away I didn’t notice anything unusual about it. It looked completely normal to me.

Later, when I looked outside again, I saw this object. But I’m not even sure if it appeared at that exact moment or if it had already been there before.

There was no obvious sign of a dead bird nearby, which makes it even stranger. It doesn’t look very fresh or bloody. It’s not that hard too.

Has anyone seen something like this before?
Do birds ever lose parts of their beak naturally, or could this be something else?

Thanks in advance! - found by me