my self =shift;
my tempBirds=[] ; # right way of initialising an array ??
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All Perl variables need sigils, so you'd write that as

my $self = shift;
my @tempBirds; # no initialization needed
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Or if you want to work with an array ref instead:

my $self = shift;
my $tempBirds = [];
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