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[Image] ANIMALS: Birds [Days of Heaven] A bird flies along the horizon in the scene immediately following Bill looking at a buffalo herd. Wild turkey and quail are in the wheat field during the harvest. Linda plucks a dead chicken during a meal break in field. Linda and Abby follow small group of exotic birds in pasture. A small group of ducks is at the Farmer's. A small group of gulls lands in the Farmer's field. A flock of blackbirds flies overhead in a shot immediately before the wedding. A quail in grass is shown after the wedding. A flock of geese flies over pond at the Farmer's before a thunderstorm. The Farmer makes a bird call while hunting birds. Bill and the Farmer hunt and clean pheasants. There are many bird cries during fire in wheat field. Three peacocks in silhouette when Linda says in voice over, "I think the devil was on the farm." A heron is seen after the fire at the Farmer's. Linda mentions that she hears owls "squawking away" during her time on the raft. [The Thin Red Line] Two small birds are caged in the flashback scene of Witt's mother dying. A male-female pair of parrots is seen during the voice over, "Who are you that lives in these many forms?" A bird startles Dale during the assault on Hill 210. A baby parrot crawls on the ground in the middle of a battle scene. The Japanese officer who speaks to Dale in Japanese sees birds, possibly vultures, as he's about to die. An empty bird cage is seen in the abandoned house where Witt and Welsh have their last conversation. One of the very last shots of the film shows two parrots. [Badlands] 
There's a close-up of a bird figurine sitting in Holly's doll house that topples and burns during the fire. A bird cage is seen in Holly's house. A chicken is caged at Kit and Holly's campsite. Holly tells Kit, "One of the chickens died" at the campsite. High in a tree, Kit drops down to Holly what appears to be a bird nest at the campsite. Kit makes a bird call as a warning to Holly when he sees the law approaching their campsite. Kit gives a live chicken to Cato. Before leaving the campsite, Kit throws down the bird cage, saying, "We don't need this."
Similarities in Malick's Films, Part I
Badlands