[TN-Bird] Baby chickadees

The good news today is that Mama & Papa Chickadee brought FIVE   babies to 
feed at my home in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville this  morning.
 
Possible bad news is that I heard a mockingbird giving a very weak distress  
call down below the deck, and I was having one of MY "weak" spells and did  
not feel capable of maneuvering the stairs to go to check on it.  Although  I 
am 
getting stronger after my illness, I still have a good bit of weakness and  
lack of energy.  After yesterday's disoriented mourning dove, I wonder if  
there is something around that is affecting my birds.  Several people have  
suggested that the dove may either have nerve damage or had eaten fermented  
berries.  Since the Easter  freeze here killed the blossoms, I doubt  we have 
anything that has fermented.  Also, the dove didn't act like the  drunken 
robins and 
cedar waxwings I've observed after they'd filled up on  fermented fruit.  The 
cedars were the most pathetic I've ever seen.   Thousands were totally "zonked 
out" on fermented juniper berries (pure GIN!) in  the Hill Country of Texas 
when I was traveling there several years ago.   Many flew into the paths of 
oncoming cars to the point that the highway was full  of dead waxwings.  They 
were so thick that they were flying right into the  cars from every direction, 
and it was impossible to keep from hitting them or  them from hitting me.  Even 
when I stopped at a roadside overlook, they  were still slamming into the 
front and sides of my car.  That was a sad  experience.
 
Bird safely this Memorial Day weekend.  I'm staying off the  roads!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN 


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