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Dozens of birds, drunk from eating holly berries, are crashing into the glass of a Columbia office building. Some have survived but many others have died.


Columbia, SC -- Dozens of birds, drunk from eating holly berries, are crashing into the glass of a Columbia office building. Some of the birds have survived but many others have died.

Warm weather and an ample supply of berries attracted hundreds of cedar waxwings into the enclosed courtyard of the three-story building. The birds began getting drunk on the berries.

Building owner Burgess Mills says the birds were falling off branches and others were slamming into the glass walls that enclose the courtyard.

Workers say about half of the 100 birds that slammed into the building died. Groundskeepers have put tape on windows amd nets over the holly trees to keep the birds from eating the berries.


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Jim Reed , Producer
created: 2/10/2005 4:44:52 PM
Last updated: 2/11/2005 12:15:48 PM

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LittleMilkJug

FUI poor birdies <----I know, its not nice, but I can't help it.

-Kelly-

Drunk? OMG

Mio

You don't need to see drunk birds crash into our windows.

We have a huge evergreen tree in our front yard and when our blinds are up in the window, they think they're flying in the clear and WHAM right into the window.

My sister had a cornicopia she made for Thanksgiving as a kid, and we couldn't understand why the birds kept flying into the window. Finally we saw a bird hovering outside the window pecking at the "berries" in the cornicopia.

Galaxia21

Aww poor birds.

But... drunk birds.

Lay off the holly berries Tweetie!

KerBear

Im sorry, but when I read this is in the paper, I laughed my ass off. I feel bad for the birds, but this is hilarious!

roswellain_chick16

Ditto that, poor birdies, poor drunk little birdies

KeithUrbanfan

all I can think of is tweety when I read this poor birds