Use of Birds, Trees and Animals in Nakshatra Astrology

The use of Nakshatra (star sign) astrology is a debated topic accross many schools of thought.  There are often unexplored avenues of thought and an over compensation of zodiac sign (rashis) knowledge because of the lack of classical information available. At best, we find some clarity on Nakshatra use in ancient civilization with ritual (vedic), puranic, muhurta, tithi and sarvatobhadra chakra studies. All ancient societies had a closer connection with nature than we have today. The animals linked with each Nakshatra are important enough to find themselves into Kalugasalamoorthy temple. Why might this be?  It is also a custom to keep a Nakshatra vana (trees associated with each Nakshatra) yet the birds associated with the stars signs are rarely even known by advanced astrologers.  We will plunge ourselves into this topic and dive deep into the a different translation of these attributes than normally considered.