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Three Bird Idioms:
Happy as a lark: a lark song is melodic and joyous. Definitly bringing this one back.
Goosebumps: they are called this as the skin looks like that of a goose when plucked, also known as goose pimples.
Hoodwinked: comes from falconry in which the falconers put hoods on the birds to keep them calm.

According to British folklore, seeing 5 crows means sickness is on its way.

I've been saying for years that if a bird poops on you its a sign of good luck but NO ONE BELIEVED ME. "Perhaps the most famous bird-related superstition is that a bird pooping on you is a sign of good luck" it's like a hit of cocaine being vindicated by the bird book.

I'm too tired to write down the whole quote but trust that we don't fw European Starlings. They invasive as hell.

Fishermen would leash Cormorant Birds and bring em aboard to help them fish, they would bring them back to the boat and force them to regurgitate the fish.

Different collective nouns for birds I liked:
A murmuration of starlings
A commotion of coots
A parlimant of owls
A raft of ducks
A conspiracy of ravens
A pouch of pelicans
A mischief of magpies
A pandemonium of parrots
The crow one everyone knows so I didn't include it.

"Feathers are made of the protein keratin, the same material as your fingernails"