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| - The appearance of birds is a signal that a betrayal is imminent. Examples:
* When Kate is convinced by the farmer to stay one more night so that he can turn her over to the police, there are a number of plates with birds on them on the walls.
* When Jack's father tells him, as a child, that he doesn't have what it takes, there is a statue of a bird on a table.
* When Charlie tries to get his brother to break up Drive Shaft according to a pledge they made to each other, his brother refuses, telling Charlie to "grab a bird", English slang for one of the number of groupies in the room.
* When Boone tells Shannon about finding the door to the hatch - against Locke's wishes - birds wings can be heard fluttering in the background.
* When Sawyer is about to betray Cassidy, there
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| - The appearance of birds is a signal that a betrayal is imminent. Examples:
* When Kate is convinced by the farmer to stay one more night so that he can turn her over to the police, there are a number of plates with birds on them on the walls.
* When Jack's father tells him, as a child, that he doesn't have what it takes, there is a statue of a bird on a table.
* When Charlie tries to get his brother to break up Drive Shaft according to a pledge they made to each other, his brother refuses, telling Charlie to "grab a bird", English slang for one of the number of groupies in the room.
* When Boone tells Shannon about finding the door to the hatch - against Locke's wishes - birds wings can be heard fluttering in the background.
* When Sawyer is about to betray Cassidy, there is a statue of a bird on a table and also a birdcage on a different table.
* In the same episode, when Sawyer is betraying Locke by getting him to move the guns, Locke is looking through a book with "Owl" in the title.
* Charlie is betrayed by his vision, where he sees a dove that encourages him to save the baby in the name of good; instead the rest of the survivors think he is trying to harm the baby and becomes a pariah.
* When Michael is leading Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley into the Others' trap the Hurley Bird flies over.
* The Hurleybird is Jacob as Horus, flying in his green falcon form. When the Hurleybird appeared in Exodus Part 2, Smokey was also present. Jacob's Nemesis, Set in Smoke Monster form, could have been meeting with Jacob or waiting with Jacob in their ongoing competition over the Losties. According to the DVD subtitles, the bird's screeches say "Hurley" in both appearances. He was probably warning the Losties of the Smoke Monster through Hurley. When Horus flies over the Losties on the way into the Other's trap in Live Together, Die Alone, he was probably observing and warning the Losties by screeching Hurley's name. Jacob shows an unusual trust in Hurley, talking to him directly about current circumstances in their encounters in The Incident, Part 1 and in LA X, Parts 1 & 2. Jacob is much more subtle with everyone else. So it makes sense that he would screech Hurley instead of anyone else. Also, Hurley sounds more like a bird cry than Hugo and would be harder for anyone else to detect.
* Just as Charlie and Claire seem to be reconciling their differences, migratory seagulls appear, and Charlie, concerned by Desmond's ominous behavior, tells Claire that her idea to capture one is stupid, which leads to an argument and temporary break-up.
* When Walt is asking for help with his homework (on birds) when in Australia, his step-father ignores him, which results in a bird flying into the window and dying. When Walt's mother dies, his step-father calls Michael and tells him he doesn't want to look after Walt anymore.
* An alternative interpretation to this incident with Walt is a European version of an old superstition. When a bird flies into a closed door or window, and then dies, it is symbolic of there being a death soon to follow, usually within the immediate family. This could be interpreted as either the untimely death of Walt's mother, or the eventual death of Michael.
* While Anthony Cooper is conning John Locke they often hunt birds together. Of course, Cooper betrays his son by taking his kidney and later by throwing him out a window and causing his paralysis.
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