#but ofc there are also the background birds thoughtout the series

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Bluey and birds

I think it became universally acknowledged that Bingo he the lait motif of bugs throughout the series, she often has closeups with bugs like in Weekend with the walking leaf or in Butterfly with the ladybug, bugs are a recurring theme for things related to Bingo like in the background of her Kindy class, and sometimes bugs are used as a metaphor to symbolise Bingo herself like the lonely ant in the episode Bingo. But one thing I haven't seen pointed out or at least I've not seen being pointed out as much is how Bluey in parallel has the leit motif of birds.

Some of the episodes where I think this theme is particularly present are Copycat, Bedroom and Curry Quest. In Copycat of course we have the budgie and Bluey recreating the day with it as a way to process the experience and the death of the bird. At the end of the episode Bluey reflects on the lesson of accepting things that are out of our control by watching Bingo playing the budgie flying around the backyard, the bird is not present physically but it's present in spirit and in memory through Bingo.

In Bedroom the sisters reference Malcolm, who is a bird that lives on the tree in the Heeler's backyard, when Bluey moves her bed to the old bedroom Bingo asks her bed to be moved so that she can still look at Malcolm even without her. This ties back with the theme of the episode of the sisters being inseparable and not wanting to separate their bedrooms because they love eachother too much, Malcolm represents the affection the two have for eachother, where even when Bluey's bed is moved Bingo still wants to have this thing the two of them share, neither of them really wants to leave the other and thus neither really want to let go of Malcolm.

Curry Quest is another episode with a very prominent bird, this time the park magpie serves as the antagonist to Bingo and Bandit's curry swap quest while the events mirror Chili's retelling of the hero's journey. At the end of the episode we see the magpie bringing food to its chick representing Bandit's return from his work travel, showing that despite the magpie having acted as a villain to Bingo and Bandit, birds are still a symbol of family and home in Bluey