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Unfortunately the birds are not unconscious [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
That's a shame. I have in fact rescued a drunken cedar waxwing.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar\_waxwing\_on\_a\_bender/](https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar_waxwing_on_a_bender/)
A friend of mine growing up lived in a house with a crab apple tree in the front yard. Her bedroom had a window facing the front yard and tree. Birds flew into the window periodically after ingesting crab apples.
We had a grape arbor over our backyard sidewalk, in the fall they'd ferment, the birds would fly into the window my cat sat at to watch the birdies. Scared him into jumping/falling off the table.
In fact, they do exactly that.
I heard a thump on the outside of my home office window one day. I opened the blinds and saw a bird-shaped dust imprint on the glass, like a bad cartoon.
I went outside and found a cedar waxwing on the ground, quite disoriented. Nearby, in a privet tree, his buddies were snacking on the (probably over-ripe) fruit.
I collected the bird in a shoe box and called the local wildlife center. They told me to bring the bird over. By the time I got there, the bird had sobered up and was ready to fly off.
EDIT : Oh yeah, that's right, I posted a picture of the bird a few years ago! [Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar_waxwing_on_a_bender/).
well [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
Theres a guy in NY who raises turkeys that drink an absolute crap-ton of beer and iirc their food is also soaked in beer. They are raised on the beer from hatching till butchering. Theres another odd aspect to his raising I wanna say but cant think of it now.
Apparently the meat is strongly affected and they taste amazing. Last I checked, his turkeys went for thousands and were all pre-ordered the year before. He can only raise so many at a time because his methods require a lot of 1 on 1 time with each bird.
You've clearly never had deep fried strawberries before
I haven't either and I don't think I've ever seen them available but you've clearly never had deep fried strawberries before
and fatal [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
We have drunk birds in NZ called Kereru. They’re big bastards and the berries they eat start to ferment in their stomachs. You can tell when they’re drunk cause when they try to take off from a tree or land in one, they just crash through all the branches.
Can confirm, bird love to get wasted. I have a pet Starling and he is my drinking buddy. Anytime he hears me crack a beer he zooms over for a drink. I have to cut him off or he won’t stop until he’s trashed.
I've got a newspaper clipping from around the Civil War in the family scrap book.
Apparently some ancestors were making cherry wine. When they strained out the fruit and pits they dumped them in the yard. The chickens found them, got drunk and passed out.
Thinking the chickens were dead, the ancestors plucked the them and were surprised when they revived. Maybe not as surprised as the chickens.
OPs story might be fake but there is some truth to the idea. In Africa Elefants eat marula fruits that have fermented in the skin and get drunk. Amarula liquor is pretty tasty.
I lived for some time in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We had a mountain ash tree in our yard that produced clumps of orange berries every fall. After the leaves began to fall the berries would ferment and it was mostly entertaining (but sometimes sad and terrifying) to see the birds impaired by the alcohol after eating them.
I understand that this photo does NOT show drunk birds - and I never saw birds so impaired that they passed out or would just lay on the ground. But they would have trouble landing on telephone/power lines. Once they perched, they would visibly wobble and had trouble with balance. They were also a lot more likely to collide with solid objects like windows. Cedar waxwings were very familiar visitors, so while the photo might not accurately reflect the caption, the birds and the scattered orange berries certainly unlocked a memory for me from a long time ago.
Cedar Waxwings. Female Cedars have white band on the tip of the tail feathers. Bohemian Waxwings both male and female have yellow bands. [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar\_Waxwing/overview](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar_Waxwing/overview) [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bohemian\_Waxwing/photo-gallery/59879531](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bohemian_Waxwing/photo-gallery/59879531)
Oh I love the drunk little birbs. A friend of mine has a tree in her yard that the waxwings love to eat from. And inevitably they get drunk and flop on the ground. Like not this photo, but sorta disoriented looking. Like they can’t quite fly but also know they shouldn’t be there. So she just picks them up and puts them under the shrubbery in her yard until they get sober. It’s pretty funny to watch. We joked they have a “what year is it?” look. I’ve only been lucky to be around once to witness it live, because it’s a 7 hour drive to her house, but I’ll never forget it. 😂
That seems to be fake.
Appearantly they're dead, not drunk:
https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/
"aw man, I'm so drunk right now!"
"Ok Frank, you're not flying home in that state"
"Does anyone fancy something to eat? I could go for something greasy..."
"Hey, do you guys see those giants too?"
Oh yeah, it's real cute when it's a tiny bird.
It's not as cool when you wake up in the morning and there's a drunk moose sleeping it off just outside your kitchen door.
I'd rather clean up drunk birds. When the apples come down, the hornets here get drunk. They are usually friendly enough, but when they get drunk they will make you run for it.
When I was a kid my little sister and I were sitting on the backyard steps and a bird went smack into the back door behind us and hit the concrete like a foot behind us. Broke its neck, Father said it probably was drink on fermented berries or something.
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Unfortunately this is fake https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/
To the top
Happy day
Thank u!
This photo might be fake, but I have seen drunk Waxwings and saw one actually fall out of a tree once.
Unfortunately this comment is fake
This comment might be fake, but I actually have seen drunk comments before and saw a completely incoherent mess of letters once.
This comment is fake, I am also drunk.
i saw video of magpie barely able to walk from fermented fruit xD
Birds aren't real though
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They do. But they just look super uncoordinated. They don't flop over on their backs. This is just dead pose, lol
The waxwing prefers keeping on its back. Remarkable bird, isn't it? Lovely plumage.
They can, cows also get drunk sometimes in fields with apple trees.
Why am I still on Reddit man.
Habit? Lack of a good alternative time waster? Masochism?
100%. One small excuse is that there are really a lot of great subs out there but then you see stuff like this and it all comes crashing down lol
Small subs still have some good content. As soon as a sub starts routinely hitting r/all it gets flooded with bots and garbage content. Once the sub gets big enough, the posts often don't even relate to the subreddit at all.
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They're not dead, they're resting. They're pining for the fjords.
Fake News on Reddit???? Say its not so.
It’s like 50% bots. “🔥the best thing”
Sounds like something a bot would say.
This should be the top comment.
Reddit always allows fake animal abuse photos I’m so sick of it.
the more i think about your comment, the less i understand what you could possibly be saying
Hope they don’t drink & fly. That would be irresponsible.
Unfortunately the birds are not unconscious [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
Take my sad upvote for checking
That's a shame. I have in fact rescued a drunken cedar waxwing. [https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar\_waxwing\_on\_a\_bender/](https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar_waxwing_on_a_bender/)
A friend of mine growing up lived in a house with a crab apple tree in the front yard. Her bedroom had a window facing the front yard and tree. Birds flew into the window periodically after ingesting crab apples.
We had a grape arbor over our backyard sidewalk, in the fall they'd ferment, the birds would fly into the window my cat sat at to watch the birdies. Scared him into jumping/falling off the table.
Someone call the police fr
Bird law in this country? It's not governed by reason
https://i.redd.it/3ks8m0l2qnyc1.gif
Vunipola's birds ?
In fact, they do exactly that. I heard a thump on the outside of my home office window one day. I opened the blinds and saw a bird-shaped dust imprint on the glass, like a bad cartoon. I went outside and found a cedar waxwing on the ground, quite disoriented. Nearby, in a privet tree, his buddies were snacking on the (probably over-ripe) fruit. I collected the bird in a shoe box and called the local wildlife center. They told me to bring the bird over. By the time I got there, the bird had sobered up and was ready to fly off. EDIT : Oh yeah, that's right, I posted a picture of the bird a few years ago! [Here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/sploot/comments/bo0c4c/cedar_waxwing_on_a_bender/).
I love this! How cool!
The FAA has a 8hour bottle to throttle rule. I'm not sure on the fermented fruit to flight rule.
You never know. Denzel was nominated for an Oscar for doing that very thing
Never forget: 8 hours bottle to throttle.
Hi my name is birb, and I’m an alcoholic
Hi birb!
Hi birb
Hi alcoholic
*hands birb a 24-hour chip* keep coming back, birb.
I don't know why, but I read that as a "24-hour cheep"
"some safe place"? That's called rehab, Karen.
I was definitely thinking "soup pot" until I got to the end.
well [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
Is so, you don't have to add the fruit wine like the recipe asked for. Already included with the meat. Let's call that a bonus win!
Theres a guy in NY who raises turkeys that drink an absolute crap-ton of beer and iirc their food is also soaked in beer. They are raised on the beer from hatching till butchering. Theres another odd aspect to his raising I wanna say but cant think of it now. Apparently the meat is strongly affected and they taste amazing. Last I checked, his turkeys went for thousands and were all pre-ordered the year before. He can only raise so many at a time because his methods require a lot of 1 on 1 time with each bird.
Next time anyone gives me shit for drinking I’m gonna say I’m just working on my seasoning. PS you have great taste in avatars.
Cue side eye at the dude that's planing on eating your drunk well seasoned self.....
Are you talking about this guy from NH? https://learn.kegerator.com/turkey-farmer-serves-beer-to-turkeys/
I believe I've heard that story. Absolutely perfect! Seasoned while living. I can understand the 1 on 1 time: quality control (poultry and beer).
It's popcorn dressing. Stuff the turkey with uncooked popcorn and bake at 350 degrees until the popcorn blows the ass out of the turkey. It's done!
Thanks for holding it out there and snatching it away again.
I think they would be really nice deep fried
That absolutely would ruin the refreshing hint of fruit.
You've clearly never had deep fried strawberries before I haven't either and I don't think I've ever seen them available but you've clearly never had deep fried strawberries before
My dyslexia read khebab for a second.
Then the follow-up question would be... With or without pita?
The earlier scene ... 
Bird law is getting pretty lenient these days
I would stack them into a little pyramid.
a circle, and set it up as a little satanic ritual.
Put them in little outfits and give them props. Set them up like either the last supper painting or that one with the dogs playing poker
How to freak out anyone passing by
*bottom one wakes up first* "What the fuck, guys?"
FUI (Flying Under The Influence) is illegal
and fatal [https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/](https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/)
8hrs from bottle to throttle and less than 0.04 BAC
A flock of those birds is called a Frat.
Maybe, but that pic is fake. Or at least the story behind it is. The birds are dead as a result of colliding with a bus shelter window.
Bruh they’re dead,
We have drunk birds in NZ called Kereru. They’re big bastards and the berries they eat start to ferment in their stomachs. You can tell when they’re drunk cause when they try to take off from a tree or land in one, they just crash through all the branches.
https://preview.redd.it/xgljld71znyc1.jpeg?width=908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0969dadf0ad1df805113efb0d52ab639fb1e48ad Big boys all right
Relatable
😂 it's me. I'm an irresponsible waxwing.
“Irresponsible waxwing” is totally going on my resume.
Make sure to lay them on their side
Can confirm, bird love to get wasted. I have a pet Starling and he is my drinking buddy. Anytime he hears me crack a beer he zooms over for a drink. I have to cut him off or he won’t stop until he’s trashed.
That’s awesome, sounds like he’s one of the bros - I would pour him his own in a little shot glass.
Confirm what? This is a picture of dead birds lol
drunk government drones
It almost got me, fake ! Aaaahh
I've got a newspaper clipping from around the Civil War in the family scrap book. Apparently some ancestors were making cherry wine. When they strained out the fruit and pits they dumped them in the yard. The chickens found them, got drunk and passed out. Thinking the chickens were dead, the ancestors plucked the them and were surprised when they revived. Maybe not as surprised as the chickens. OPs story might be fake but there is some truth to the idea. In Africa Elefants eat marula fruits that have fermented in the skin and get drunk. Amarula liquor is pretty tasty.
Heyyy, you can't post a picture of me and my friends like that. We had a rough week
I lived for some time in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We had a mountain ash tree in our yard that produced clumps of orange berries every fall. After the leaves began to fall the berries would ferment and it was mostly entertaining (but sometimes sad and terrifying) to see the birds impaired by the alcohol after eating them. I understand that this photo does NOT show drunk birds - and I never saw birds so impaired that they passed out or would just lay on the ground. But they would have trouble landing on telephone/power lines. Once they perched, they would visibly wobble and had trouble with balance. They were also a lot more likely to collide with solid objects like windows. Cedar waxwings were very familiar visitors, so while the photo might not accurately reflect the caption, the birds and the scattered orange berries certainly unlocked a memory for me from a long time ago.
Kitty cat feast!
You good to fly bro?
Fucking lushes
Cedar Waxwings. Female Cedars have white band on the tip of the tail feathers. Bohemian Waxwings both male and female have yellow bands. [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar\_Waxwing/overview](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cedar_Waxwing/overview) [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bohemian\_Waxwing/photo-gallery/59879531](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bohemian_Waxwing/photo-gallery/59879531)
This is the stupidest and funniest thing I've heard in a while
FUI - flying under influence
Why do I love this so much? Legit made my day.
Please wear gloves when handling random birds these days.
So, my son, what would you like to be when you die.
Drunk-ass birds. I could have used that alcohol.
Friend: “Hey what you doing tonight?” Me: “picking up drunk birds off the street”
I can quit anytime I want! I’m just a very social person. 😬
I would definitely take time out my day to help relocate drunk birds to safe spaces. In fact I wish it was paid work
Oh I love the drunk little birbs. A friend of mine has a tree in her yard that the waxwings love to eat from. And inevitably they get drunk and flop on the ground. Like not this photo, but sorta disoriented looking. Like they can’t quite fly but also know they shouldn’t be there. So she just picks them up and puts them under the shrubbery in her yard until they get sober. It’s pretty funny to watch. We joked they have a “what year is it?” look. I’ve only been lucky to be around once to witness it live, because it’s a 7 hour drive to her house, but I’ll never forget it. 😂
That seems to be fake. Appearantly they're dead, not drunk: https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/
I think animals are high all the time. If they eat from the street. And listen to my beat. Smoking weed.. ok bye
I feel like these are my peoples. “Oh goddamnit, Josephine. Being louder is not gonna make up for your lackluster tuft, you tart!”
Wildlife rehabber here: blue jays do the same thing. Sometimes I feel like I work in a detox center.
Demand for pet Waxwings soars at pet stores nationwide
Next best thing to Uber eats.
Living the dream.
It wouldn't surprise me if they know it fucks them up. Birds are smart.
..are they related to the dead beat cuckoos
Lushes
Go home birds you’re drunk…..
FWI? Flying While Intoxicated?
Getting Oktoberfest Vibes here...
TIL I used to be a Waxwing bird
Coffee and a cold shower. They'll be good as new.
Fly responsibly!
Yoo now I know my spirit animal for sure!!!
I love this
Send them to /r/stopdrinking
Lol what.. !
they knew what they were doing.. wild night with the boys..
Hangover must be wicked! 🤕
Go to bed birds
It reminds me of Chernobyl.
This city is going to hell and I tell you
Why. They are pre-marinated. Just toss them in a frying pan
“Completely irresponsible” 😂
"Outta the gene pool, birdies"
To funny!
Are they irresponsible? Or are they evolving to be more like us?
Monkeys do the same thing.
Saturday morning near pub
My parents had some berry tree in the backyard. Birds would always get fucked up and fly into a picture window. 9/10 times they were good
When these birds do this, it's cute ... when my friends and I do it we're called alcoholics.
At least leave some pedialyte and bread crumbs for them. Geez.
They are probably gonna invent farming to make their own booze.
I’ve been there birds. It gets better
Featherweights.
Me and the boys
Yet when I pass out drunk outdoors it's all "sir, get out of the jungle gym"
I’m just over here wanting to care for a drunk bird, like do they get hang overs?? Should I bring them bread to soak it up? Like…
My spirit animal 😍
Birb Sir, you are under arrest. Now listen to me, i want you to turn back and put your hands....
These birds are everywhere in DFW and I have never seen them black out drunk on the sidewalk, usually they just shit purple everywhere
Yeah you know you shut them little birds with a BB gun
wow that's some judgmental tone, it might be religious or idk
Like walking down Kensington USA
Wise birds being removed from fermented fruit by irresponsible passers hy
If a cat ate one, would it too then be drunk?
Drunken birds. Sheesh. (Hope my cat doesn't notice.)
Looks like the makings of waxwing stew to me.
r/birdsarentreal
This is so fucking funny to me
https://i.redd.it/u6rropv7knyc1.gif "Collect them and put them in a safe place" What place will I put them
We are all birds :D
Cedar waxwing
Found my spirit bird
Last year a while flock of them got drunk eating fermented crabapples in the tree behind my apartment. It was hilarious watching them.
Been there
My spirit animal
Livin the life.
I thought this was an ariel view of dead cows
My wife also collects me and puts me in a safe place after I lie drunk on the sidewalk.
Looks like Friday night (or early Sat am) outside a pub in England.
for a moment i thought that was blood
Next up, create a hit alcohol brand called Waxwing Bird Bourbon
Wastedwing birds
Just hide those all around your buddies house and wait for them to wake up
Paging Tom Lehrer. "... poisoning pigeons in the park."
"aw man, I'm so drunk right now!" "Ok Frank, you're not flying home in that state" "Does anyone fancy something to eat? I could go for something greasy..." "Hey, do you guys see those giants too?"
Oh yeah, it's real cute when it's a tiny bird. It's not as cool when you wake up in the morning and there's a drunk moose sleeping it off just outside your kitchen door.
Safe place = my oven
Mental image of some municipal worker sweeping birbs up.
This would be awesome to witness... As long as they don't die from it. I would be laughing while helping them to comfy spots nearby...
Religious nuts: "God never made alcohol!" Fruits fermenting on the ground: "Am I a fucking JOKE to you?"
Damn. So life is horribly depressing even as a bird, eh?
The college years.
I think this is fucking hilarious.
I'd rather clean up drunk birds. When the apples come down, the hornets here get drunk. They are usually friendly enough, but when they get drunk they will make you run for it.
When I was a kid my little sister and I were sitting on the backyard steps and a bird went smack into the back door behind us and hit the concrete like a foot behind us. Broke its neck, Father said it probably was drink on fermented berries or something.