Hi GotH!
You must have been typing this out while I was dreaming - of birds in my house. I was in a very deep sleep and it felt like Groundhog day every time I got up to go into the other room (in the dream). And there they were, at least, 6 sparrows on the ground with puddles of water in some places around them. The first thought that came to mind was, "Oh no, isn't this a sign of death?" I instantly felt so helpless and torn up about seeing them but continued walking past into the other room...I'll end describing the dream right there but I do find it interesting that I'd had it an hour ago and now here I am connecting to A.T. only to come across your question...I've never experienced an actual bird flying into my place but I know that if I did, I would not get a good feeling about it. I've seen a couple of birds fly into the window (while closed) and hurt themselves and I guess, if the window had been open, they would have come right through...
I grew up on that omen - I can't see anything good about it. I guess I'm really superstitious that way. There were two deaths in my family - a couple of weeks apart, this past November. One was a distant relative and the other quite close. In both cases, I'd had 'interesting' dreams right before, similar to the flavour I experienced with the one about the birds...but, only time will tell, I suppose. Pockets of 2016 have been so dark - I really don't want to hear about another death!