YOU SAID:
The bird died The bird will die
INTO JAPANESE
鳥は死んだ鳥は死ぬ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bird is dead the bird is dead
INTO JAPANESE
鳥は死んでいる鳥は死んでいる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The bird is dead the bird is dead
That didn't even make that much sense in English.