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Well, that is it then. A drunk rowdy oriole. http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Dalzell" <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 4:09 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Drunken Oriole > Margaret E.Millard wrote: >> Do orioles, well birds in general, get drunk? it is sitting at the >> top of the grapevine singing its heart out at the moment! >> Marg Millard, White Point, Queens >> http://margmillard.ca >> > I remember doing the Wolfville Christmas Bird Count about 20 years ago, > and coming across a flock of 40-50 drunken robins in a pear orchard. > Some of the pears had been left on the trees, and they had all > fermented. The robins had partaken and were singing like a bunch of > rowdy sailors on shore leave, and flying very erratically -- and there > were a couple of orioles with them doing the same. > >
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