diff --git a/kubernetes/meta/collectd.yml b/kubernetes/meta/collectd.yml
index 0238668..dbf4d51 100644
--- a/kubernetes/meta/collectd.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/meta/collectd.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
         match: docker run .*projectcalico/calico/node
       calico-felix:
         match: calico-felix$
+      calico-bird:
+        match: bird .*/etc/calico/.*/bird.cfg
       calico-bird6:
         match: bird6 .*/etc/calico/.*/bird6.cfg
       calico-confd:
diff --git a/kubernetes/meta/heka.yml b/kubernetes/meta/heka.yml
index 15aa246..99015a5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/meta/heka.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/meta/heka.yml
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@
         window: 60
         periods: 0
         function: last
+    calico_bird:
+      description: "There is no calico-bird process running"
+      severity: down
+      rules:
+      - metric: lma_components_processes
+        field:
+          service: calico-bird
+        relational_operator: '=='
+        threshold: 0
+        window: 60
+        periods: 0
+        function: last
     calico_bird6:
       description: "There is no calico-bird6 process running"
       severity: down
@@ -195,6 +207,12 @@
       - calico_felix
       dimension:
         process: calico-felix
+    calico_bird:
+      alerting: enabled
+      triggers:
+      - calico_bird
+      dimension:
+        process: calico-bird
     calico_bird6:
       alerting: enabled
       triggers:
@@ -294,6 +312,17 @@
       dimension:
         service: calico
         nagios_host: 01-service-clusters
+    calico_bird:
+      policy: availability_of_members
+      alerting: enabled
+      group_by: hostname
+      match:
+        process: calico-bird
+      members:
+      - calico_bird
+      dimension:
+        service: calico
+        nagios_host: 01-service-clusters
     calico_bird6:
       policy: availability_of_members
       alerting: enabled
@@ -324,6 +353,7 @@
       members:
       - calico_docker
       - calico_felix
+      - calico_bird
       - calico_bird6
       - calico_confd
       dimension: