Obviously what actually happened here is under the heading of “unknowable,” but, here’s what I can tell you. This bird has no head. And The Dudes have a couple of theories.

Ian: Mommy, why is that bird not moving?

Me: Well, it’s dead, sweetie.

Ian: What happened to it?

Me: Well, since it has no head, I’m going to guess a bigger bird came and ate its head.

Michael: A bigger bird? How much bigger? What kind of bird would that be? This bird is plenty big.

Ian: Just, a bigger bird, Daddy.

Michael: What, like a bald eagle? A pteranadon? What are we talking about here?

Ian: Daddy, there are no such things as pteranadons any more.

Later on in our walk, we happened to pass an illustration of a bald eagle that had a shield with the stars and stripes on it. Ian took one look at that picture and said, “That Eagle of the United States of America came and killed that other bird.”