LadyButterfly she/her
Naughty birds
Feb 4 at 5:05amWeb
Show threadKoboldCoterieFeb 4
The elites don’t want you to know this but the waxwing birds at the park are free. You can take them home. I have 458 waxwing birds.
Show threadfartographerFeb 4
Seems weird to brag about everything you own being covered in bird poop
Show threadprobablymissingFeb 5
it’s an anti-theft system.
Show threadSanctusFeb 4
Oh to be a waxwing bird absolutely zonked on the sidewalk
Show threadLost_My_MindFeb 4
I mean…take away the bird part, and you have my teenage years to early 20s.
Show threadKlearFeb 4
Are you waxwing nostalgic?
Show threadjayboneFeb 4
He’ll be here all week. Try the brisket.
Show threadPM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]Feb 4
Don’t let your dreams be dreams 🥴
Show threadquandangFeb 4
They’re not drunk, they’re just dead
Show threadAxolotlFeb 4
They are drunk, fermented fruit do have Alcohol and it affect animals too ofc
Show threadmoosetwinFeb 4
They’re not drunk, they’re just dead
Waxwings visible in the photo are dead, not drunk with alcohol - Fakenews.pl

On 9 January, a photo began circulating online showing waxwings lying on the pavement. Numerous posts claimed they are intoxicated after eating fermented

Fakenews.pl
Show threadAxolotlFeb 4

My bad.

i didn’t thought that someone would lie about something this stupid so i didn’t even checked :/ Note for the next time: check

Show threadprobablymissingFeb 5
a comment above you says otherwise
Waxwings visible in the photo are dead, not drunk with alcohol - Fakenews.pl

On 9 January, a photo began circulating online showing waxwings lying on the pavement. Numerous posts claimed they are intoxicated after eating fermented

Fakenews.pl
Show threadfartographerFeb 4
They’re pining for the Fjords
Show threadHootinNHollerinFeb 4
Spring break
Show threadbluesheepFeb 4
Oh to know what goes through a birds mind when it’s gotten blackout drunk and woke up someplace else. Do you think they sang their ex’s name?
Show threadMouselemmingFeb 4
Party animals
Show threadgrueFeb 4
How do they not all get eaten by predators?
Show threadhungryphrogFeb 4

  • in an urban environment, predators are usually more scarce than in rural environments, and the ones that do live in urban areas won’t touch any prey animal if there’s a human nearby.

  • there are people putting them in safe places, that may include safe from predators too.

  • A lot of predators are nocturnal (foxes, owls)

    • Show threadDragonAceFeb 4
    There were coyotes that hunted the bznks of the large creek that ran behind my house. They would often chase prey into the neighborhood, but they would never pursue, they would figure out ways to go around. They also would hunt in packs during the winter and even then. they never came into neighborhoods or yards.
    Show threadFishFaceFeb 4
    Another comment posted a link claiming they’re dead, so probably they do
    Show threadjayboneFeb 4
    Would those be scavengers then?
    Show threadwissenisstmachtFeb 4

    This seems to be and old hoax / fake news photo. Only one bird survived the ethanol poisoning from the fruits.

    fakenews.pl/…/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-d…

    Waxwings visible in the photo are dead, not drunk with alcohol - Fakenews.pl

    On 9 January, a photo began circulating online showing waxwings lying on the pavement. Numerous posts claimed they are intoxicated after eating fermented

    Fakenews.pl
    Show threadSalmiakDragonFeb 4

    From the Summary of the article you linked (emphasis mine):

    A photo of waxwings, which became popular in the Polish Internet space, shows dead birds that died as a result of a collision with a bus shelter in Ukraine. Their arrangement indicates that they flew in a compact formation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the collision occurred as a result of coordination disorders after ingesting alcohol.

    Show threadwissenisstmachtFeb 4

    True, I mixed that up after reading the article because I dug into birds and ethanol poisoning and by the time I posted the comment I had forgotten, that the birds from the photo were unrelated to ethanol poisoning.

    Thanks for pointing that out. I added misinformation on top of a good source. 😅

    Show threadmapuFeb 4

    Do look up kererū thoigh, real birds that do this every summer in New Zealand x)

    www.nzherald.co.nz/…/PLJ7VXPXRSRDVFENWEDBCHA4TU/

    Wonderful behaviours survive evolution without natutal predators

    Drunk kereru fall from trees

    The New Zealand Herald
    Show threadtoynbeeFeb 4
    Also wasps.
    Show threadMeThisGuyFeb 4
    is that why they’re assholes, because they’re drunk?
    Show threadtoynbeeFeb 4
    Yeah, probably.
    Show threadSchadrachFeb 4

    To quote Bloberta Puppington:

    That’s just his true nature coming out

    Show threadMeThisGuyFeb 4
    bibo ergo sum
    Show threadwissenisstmachtFeb 4
    Yeah, the birds on Aotearoa truly are a special kind of funny. xD
    Show threadjballsFeb 4
    I reject your reality and accept OP’s reality - where these birds are alive and happily drunk. Sorry, but that’s just the world we live in now.
    Show threadwissenisstmachtFeb 4
    Ignorance is Strength
    Show threadAsfalttikyntajaFeb 4
    Me IRL
    Show threadBigDaddySlimFeb 4
    Oh sure, they’re allowed to get drunk in public and pass out on the sidewalk, but when I do it it’s a misdemeanor 🫩
    Show threadSabataFeb 4
    Your to large to be collected and put somewhere safe.
    Show threadexplodicleFeb 4
    Theirs a safe spot right over they’re!
    Show threadSabataFeb 4
    Aw’shit
    Show threadToastedRavioliFeb 4
    I heard yo mama is too large to be collected and put somewhere safe
    Show threadglitch1985Feb 4
    Their genitals aren’t exposed like yours was.
    Show threadEtterraFeb 4
    As a kid we had a cherry tree and you’ve never seen so many drunk songbirds smacking into walls.
    Show threadBluewingFeb 4
    Everyone just wants to get fucked up.
    Show threadEvil_ShrubberyFeb 4
    Bird collector.
    Show threadBarneyPiccoloFeb 4

    I used to have a couple of pear trees in the yard of my old house, and I learned to pick up any fruit that fell on the ground. If I didn’t, the juice would ferment under the skin, and wasps would pierce the skin, drink the juice, and get drunk.

    It turns out that wasps get real belligerent when drunk, and I’d go out to work on my garden and have to run back into the house for cover from some drunken wasp.

    Who would known? Actually, probably everybody. It tracks that wasps would be mean drunks.

    Show threadDragonAceFeb 4
    I had a huge elderberry tree in my backyard at my old place. There was always a murder of crows, some bluejays, and a couple of fat opossums that would get drunk off of them every year. The crows in particular would become very vocal when drunk. LOL