Birds

Birds feature frequently as a plot device in the works of Agatha Christie. They were often metaphors but occasionally actual birds feature in the plot. Miss Marple frequently uses birdwatching, and birdwatching binoculars, as a guise to spy on people.

Stories where birds are featured

 * The Stymphalean Birds
 * Four and Twenty Blackbirds
 * A Pocket Full of Rye

Adaptations where birds are featured

 * A Caribbean Mystery (Agatha Christie's Marple episode) - Edward Hillingdon here is an ornithologist. He also arranges a talk by a (real-life) ornithologist James Bond. The value of guano is a plot element in this adaptation.