Drunk Birds (14-15Oct2018)

Have you heard about drunk birds up in Canada and Minnesota?  Apparently the early frost has caused berries to ferment and birds are getting drunk and slamming into cars etc.  Well some of them made their way down to ILM.  These birds must have been drunk because they appeared to have lost all fear of humans and allowed me to crush them repeatedly.

Lark Sparrow at Fort Fisher not giving a flying $%#@.

Even the local Coyote at FF seems to have had one too many berries.

This Clay-colored Sparrow could hardly hold itself upright.

Some kind of bluebird.

You would crap yourself too if some large raptor swooped out of the sky while you were taking a leisurely swim and snatched you out by your eyeballs.

This Blackpoll was so drunk it threw up all over my shoe.

Palm Warbler

This ridiculously sloshed Swainson's Thrush could hardly curb his enthusiasm.

Meanwhile at Burnt Mill this Black-throated Blue female was trying to avoid the smashed BT Blue males.  Last thing she wanted was a #metoo moment.

Its hard to tell from this picture but this Red-eyed Vireo was totally hung over.

Catbird

Palm Warbler

Yellow-billed Cuckoos flopping around on the ground at Burnt Mill?  I blame Trump.

Parulas have been thick as mosquitos.

How can you explain this if not due to fermented berries?

Cape May

Another Blackpoll

Cape Mays were having an orgy at Burnt Mill.

Eastern Kingsnake?  It was pretending to be a rattler and shaking it's non-existent rattle.

Black-throated Blue

An Eastern Wood Pewee with an eye-ring?  I guess it was the effects from the alcohol.

Unfortunately all the birds seem to have sobered up and most are already out of town on their way to wherever they go in the winter.