The local birds are enjoying the fermented berries and this time of year you will hear or see a lot more birds FUI....flying under the influence. Each fermented berry they eat is liking doing a jello shot.....

Yesterday I was sitting in my office working on my computer listening to my iPod with my headphones on and I still heard a whop on the sliding glass door. I opened the door and found a male Junco had hit the window and was lying on his back on the deck and appeared to be gasping for breath, but otherwise motionless.

Our Golden Retriever had followed me out into the gardens, so I took him back in the office and about five minutes later came out to check on the bird. At the time he was now lying on his stomach and appeared motionless. I went back inside to grab some paper to pick the bird up, so I could take him out and bury him and was explaining to my wife what had happened.

As she followed me out to the back deck, we opened the door and stepped on the deck. As I stepped onto the deck, the bird turned over onto his feet and flew off to perch on a nearby tree about 20' off the ground........

Either that bird experienced some sort of divine intervention or was simply knocked out cold from his FUI and just regained his senses as we stepped out onto the deck......perhaps he is just up in the trees somewhere, leaning up against a trunk, trying to sleep those last few berries off.....