In Our Town, as Mr. Webb describes grover's corners, he says the residents pay special attention to the birds. What does this tell us about the town?

Mr. Webb's comment about
the townspeople paying special attention to the birds indicates at least two things about
Grover's Corners. 

First, life in Grover's Corners is quiet and without event
or excitement, for the most part. Life in this little town is calm. It is so calm that the birds
become an attraction of interest.

The notion of the town's subdued and rural
nature connects it with an era that has passed by the end of the play (when cars are showing up
on the streets with increasing frequency).

The other idea signified in Webb's
comment relates to the theme of nature, natural order, and the cycle of life. The play is
concerned with portraying and commenting on the normal and universal patterns of American life
at (or just after) the turn of the century.

 is concerned with the great and continuing cycle of life; out of
life comes death and from death comes life. 

We see this
in the dialogue relating to the universality of marriage and in other comments made by the
characters (Mrs. Soames; the dead, etc.). 

The birds are a symbol of nature,
connecting with the play's interest in exploring the natural cycle and pattern of
life. 

This cycle is man's closest understanding of
eternity, his finest artistic expression of what he senses to be a mission and a
purpose.