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Dead birds found in downtown Little Rock possibly intoxicated from fermented berries, expert says
By Rachel Herzog
This article was originally published April 9, 2018 at 12:20 p.m. Updated today at 4:30 a.m.
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Several dead birds were spotted near 7th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock in early April 2018.
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Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the carcasses scattered near the intersection of Main and Seventh streets are likely cedar waxwings, which feed almost exclusively on berries.
Rowe said Little Rock's warm days and cool nights may have caused berries in a nearby bush to ferment. When the birds eat these alcoholic berries, they become so intoxicated that they fall out of trees or off buildings and die, she said.
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By Rachel Herzog
This article was originally published April 9, 2018 at 12:20 p.m. Updated today at 4:30 a.m.
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Several dead birds were spotted near 7th and Main streets in downtown Little Rock in early April 2018.
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Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the carcasses scattered near the intersection of Main and Seventh streets are likely cedar waxwings, which feed almost exclusively on berries.
Rowe said Little Rock's warm days and cool nights may have caused berries in a nearby bush to ferment. When the birds eat these alcoholic berries, they become so intoxicated that they fall out of trees or off buildings and die, she said.
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