# The Birds — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Birds in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Birds, The Birds, Birds

**First appearance:** 0014-the-cat-and-the-birds

## Who they are

A collective group of feathered creatures who appear in several fables.

## In the story

### [The Cat and the Birds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-cat-and-the-birds)

Ailing but wise enough to see through the Cat's disguise.

### [The Owl and the Birds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-owl-and-the-birds)

The collective of birds who dismiss the Owl's warnings as madness, only to later regret their folly and seek her advice in vain.

### [The Vain Jackdaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-vain-jackdaw)

Participate in the contest, wash and preen, and later expose the Jackdaw's deception.

### [The Bat, the Bramble, and the Seagull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-bat-the-bramble-and-the-seagull)

Took lead as cargo; now dives over the sea searching for it.

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