The guard will not carry the bird, so Kyle will need to put it in his satchel.

Should he move north, he'll find more signs of desiccated trees and another one or two dead carcasses belonging to small animals. He'll eventually reach an area where there's a concentration of deadened flora in a small vicinity.

There, on a trunk of one of the trees, he will see a peeling symbol painted on it. It may be difficult to see due to the black rotting bark, but if he looks closely, he can see the outline.