<< People around the world and throughout history have used birds to think about and predict the future. >>
<< In the Kalahari, southern Africa, !Xõ hunters carefully watch the black-faced babblers after an antelope hunt for signs of where their wounded prey may be. >>
Felice Wyndham. How birds are used to reveal the future. Feb 26, 2020.
https://theconversation.com/how-birds-are-used-to-reveal-the-future-130844
Ethno-ornithology World Atlas
https://ewatlas.net/collection/birds-tell-people-things
Here are some examples ...
'journalists' birds ...
<< Hummingbirds can bring good or bad news. If someone flies nearby you have to say, "You're going to give me good news!" (It's a saying that comes from the Yshir).>>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/ti%C3%ADnta-polytmus-guainumbi
'ecologist / protester' birds ...
<< If this bird sings at night it warns that white people will be deforesting soon. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/guidob%C3%B3-leptotila-verreauxi
'climatologist' birds ...
<< If one has a gócoco in the house, and the bird digs for a dust bath, it means that the cold weather is coming. It indicates that the weather will be a very rainy and very cloudy weather, but if it sings loud it is warning that the sun will soon rise. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/g%C3%B3coco-chunga-burmeisteri
<< When this bird approaches the Ayoreo village or if you see it in a dive, the noise of its wings warns that a lot of rain will come soon; maybe floods. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/jaac%C3%B3-cairina-moschata
<< This bird announces rain: if it sings in the morning it will rain in the afternoon - she cries because she does not want her nest to get wet. This bird needs high woods and leaves of trees to eat. She is a young lady and she likes young people and always accompanies people every day. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/ngongo%C3%B3-crypturellus-undulatus
<< It may be a warning that if it burns there may be storms or strong winds. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/pi%C3%A1-vireo-olivaceus
<< It says "ti ti ti ti ti ti ti." Warn if the south wind that brings the cold will blow soon. >>
https://ewatlas.net/digital-heritage/totita-hemitriccus-margaritaceiventer-todirostrum-cinereum
Also
keyword 'bird' in FonT
https://flashontrack.blogspot.com/search?q=bird
