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Poor little drunk birdies
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| Jeannie Wilson 2005-02-12, 1:34 pm |
| Let it be known that I had the idea that filming these birds would make a
great "Don't drink and drive" commercial. LOL
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbea...-11-birds_x.htm
Posted 2/11/2005 7:57 AM
Drunken birds die en masse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of birds got drunk from eating holly berries,
then crashed into the glass of an office building and died.
"It was like an Alfred Hitchcock movie," worker Denise Wilkinson said. "It
was spooky. You could hear them where they flew into the glass."
Warm weather and an ample supply of berries attracted hundreds of cedar
waxwings into the enclosed courtyard of the three-story building Tuesday.
The birds began getting drunk on the fermented berries. They got so loopy
that some were falling off branches and others were slamming into the glass
walls that enclose the courtyard, said Burgess Mills, the building's owner.
About half of the 100 birds that slammed into the building died, workers
said.
Groundskeepers have tried to help the birds by putting tape on windows or
nets over the holly trees to keep them from eating the berries, Mills said.
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| haggis 2005-02-12, 1:34 pm |
| Jeannie Wilson wrote:
> Let it be known that I had the idea that filming these birds would make a
> great "Don't drink and drive" commercial. LOL
The same thing happens in FL with Brazilian peppers (a horrible and
invasive, weedy bush that volunteers everywhere and you can't eradicate
them once they take hold). The robins come down just as they ripen,
gorge themselves, then stagger around the roads in huge groups. Just
like all the snowbirds, come to think of it--only they don't leave their
turn signals on and drive 35 mph below the speed limit while they look
for the 3 o'clock special at restaurants.
jeanne
*who lives for Easter, when the whole lot goes back where they came from*
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| kathycarp 2005-02-12, 1:34 pm |
| ....but, the snowbirds don't poop on your windshield. LOL
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Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"haggis" <haggis58@comcast.netnospam> wrote in message
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> Jeannie Wilson wrote:
>
> The same thing happens in FL with Brazilian peppers (a horrible and
> invasive, weedy bush that volunteers everywhere and you can't eradicate
> them once they take hold). The robins come down just as they ripen, gorge
> themselves, then stagger around the roads in huge groups. Just like all
> the snowbirds, come to think of it--only they don't leave their turn
> signals on and drive 35 mph below the speed limit while they look for the
> 3 o'clock special at restaurants.
>
> jeanne
> *who lives for Easter, when the whole lot goes back where they came from*
>
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