also birdbrain, 1936, slang, "stupid person," also perhaps suggestive of flightiness, from bird (n.1) + brain (n.). Bird-brained is attested from 1910 and bird-witted from c. 1600.
birch-bark
birchen
Bircher
bird
bird-bath
bird-brain
bird-cage
bird-dog
birder
birdie
bird-lime