THEY ARE TAKING YOU FOR FOOLS
I've never seen a bird. The horrible truth of it all is that you've never seen a bird either. A gravity defying creature? With feathers in place of fur? No arms? What do they take us for? Robes Pierre's theorum of vertical thermodynamics PROVES that flight is impossible, much less for creatures without some form of propulsion. A bird in flight is never more than 100yds from a "streetlamp". Coincidence?
Look at him.
Look at him again. They expect us to believe this.
You are being fed lies from a feeder hung from a tree of deceit. Despite what they may claim, the high council do not have our interests in mind; they are not to be trusted. The Informal Truth Society (T.I.T.S.) shall set you free.
Advanced holographics, N-n-Dimethyltriptamine in the food, and mono-oxidase inhibitors in the tap water. Drink the water from the sky, eat only freshly caught rodents, and stop looking to the sky - nothing good can come from there (apart from the water, which you should drink).
Spread your wings. Free your mind.