[Tweeters] Do hummingbirds drink alcohol? More often than you think: Flowers, backyard feeders likely provide hummingbirds with alcohol, thanks to fermenting yeast -- ScienceDaily

[HAL MICHAEL]

Hummingbirds can be very picky.  Their preference is for the red wines, the darker the better. In a pinch they well go for a rose'.
 
Actually many birds and mammals get drunk on fermented fruit.  I have seen one rather soused Black Bear in Yellowstone and read about some buck deer that were blitzed.  I read, a long time ago, about some drunk Cedar Waxwings "sleeping it off" by lying on a branch with the legs hanging down on each side.
 
 
Hal Michael
Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/
Olympia WA
360-459-4005
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> On 06/24/2023 4:57 PM PDT Alan Roedell <alanroedell at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Interesting article. Thanks for sharing.

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> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:35 PM Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com mailto:dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm

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