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csziggy

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3. The mockingbirds used to get drunk on Mom's pyracantha berries

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 01:49 AM

Dec 2014

And would stagger around the yard, falling over and being stupid. While they were drunk, they would harass the cat, hopping up to him and pecking on his tail or dive bombing him. They'd also sit on a branch just out of reach and sing raucous songs off key, daring the cat to try to reach them.

Warm winters in central Florida provided odd entertainments.

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The mockingbirds used to get drunk on Mom's pyracantha berries csziggy Dec 2014 #3