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http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-18/boozy-birds-canadian-yukon-can-end-drunk-tank
Funny audio interview at site about the whole drunk bird thing.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)marzipanni
(6,011 posts)I found a cedar waxwing dead, on my neighbors' lawn. There were no signs of injury, but I looked closer and noticed a cluster of cotoneaster berries stuffed in its beak. I was curious about the cause of death, so I googled, "cedar waxwing dead berries in beak"
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"In fact, these birds have quite a reputation for gluttony. Audubon once noted that waxwings gorge themselves to such excess as sometimes to be unable to fly...I have seen some which, although wounded and confined to a cage, have eaten of apples until suffocation deprived them of life.
http://thenaturalcapital.blogspot.com/2009/10/look-for-cedar-waxwings.html
Is the species better off with this trait?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)I think I'll put up a little sign with a cab company's phone number, in case the little fuzzy buddies need help getting home.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Stephen Colbert would have made "drunk birds" one of the top threats.