Can you kill the desert birds?

Question

When going through the desert, there are birds flying over head. Can you kill these? Do you get anything for doing so?

Answer 1

Yes you can kill these birds. The earliest method possible is using Red Enchanted Gloves (Throw a chocolate bar in the wishing well).

Upon killing the bird, you will receive a "desert bird feather" in your inventory. When hovering the mouse over the item, the text reads:

A desert bird feather
For an unknown reason,
you feel that this feather could be useful
if you have a pogo
stick...

Answer 2

Another way is to use the 'acid rain' spell which you can get from the sorceress across the bridge at the bottom of the map.