There was an old cartoon about that. I think MGM. Little boy has a bee bee gun and really enjoys shooting at things. He goes outside and shoots at a juvenile crow, who falls down dead. The other crows gather ‘round and sing a mournful dirge (are there any happy dirges? OK. Wizard of Oz.) for their fallen child. The boy is beside himself with grief and guilt and cries the night away. In the morning, a raindrop awakens the young crow (can’t have death in a kiddy cartoon), and all the other crows rejoice.
They later did the same thing with a baby polar bear, but the hunters just shot him and went off in their kayaks because the bears were PO’d. Mournful dirge. Miraculous revival. But they’re not as social as crows and ravens, so that’s only relevant to how animation studios recycle concepts, of which Disney is the worst. They actually did a Lady and the Tramp II, which was awful, except that they had Don Knots as a dog catcher, and the art work was really good. How’d I get off the topic of crows?
I do remember that young boy shooting a bird cartoon. It was done in that SIlly Symphony style of the day (of which I always considered the best period of cartoons) I think the young boy was finally forgiven and learned his lesson not to go around shooting birds...