I took a bird model from the old Dark Matter collection and put it in my game demo. I also have tried bats from that collection. Unfortunately, there is an animation issue with the flapping wings animation that causes one wing to be a bit wonky. But if the birds are flying around high in the air it isn't so noticeable. If someone were to create new flying bird models without the wing issue then you could certainly get them flying around in scripting. It's not that difficult.
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