Lord I think the Mockingbirds are drunk this morning
We have Holly Trees on the north side of the house and the berries are plentiful but still green. The mockingbirds are insane this morning acting like a barrel full of monkeys if you will. I think they've been hitting the berries a little early this year.
right outside my office window and they are putting on a show this morning. Eating berries, then drinking water? Lord I might have to wear a football helmet when I go outside.
After the berries get overripe and are just beginning to smell a little like fermentation the mockingbirds attack it. Every year they wait until it reaches this stage of near wine like juice before they begin eating them. And every year they get drunk off their little feathered butts.
Then they hang out and sing their hearts out for the rest of the afternoon.
7. I always let a pokeweed plant grow in my yard each year
for that very reason. It seems to be a favorite of the mockingbirds, cardinals and robins. I've never noticed them acting drunk, but maybe I just haven't been paying attention. Time to get out the old binoculars and watch that plant for a while.
But one of the buckeroos was building a nest in our drain above the garage and would dive bomb anyone who came near it. We have a great supply of all kinds of birds. Its great to go outside early in the morning, sip a cup of coffee and just listen.
Good and appropriate read. My only interest in TV this morning is the CBS affiliate in New Orleans is having their 50th anniversary poo-bah celebration and its interesting to look at real old pictures of their "mockingbirds."
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