Mr.Pants, I have never heard of one being used for birds, but I guess there is an exception to every rule. They are bred to be trailing dogs, so rabbits, fox, coyote, and even deer all are possible uses for them. They dont have much treeing instinct, so they are not too good on racoons , squirrels, or possums. (If you had one of them as a trail dog and another breed to tree they would probably match up well.) However, for birds they would probably not want to hold a point. They would probably just amble right on into the bird and flush him before you get there.