"Woes by flying birds" is found in Norito of Otonohogai, and thus it is considered to refer to damages to buildings and other mishaps caused by raptorial birds.
-大殿祭（おおとのほがい）の祝詞には「飛ぶ鳥の災」とあり、猛禽類による家屋損傷などの災難とされる。