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This seems to be and old hoax / fake news photo. Only one bird survived the ethanol poisoning from the fruits.
https://fakenews.pl/en/general/waxwings-visible-in-the-photo-are-dead-not-drunk-with-alcohol/
Do look up kererū thoigh, real birds that do this every summer in New Zealand x)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/drunk-kereru-fall-from-trees/PLJ7VXPXRSRDVFENWEDBCHA4TU/
Wonderful behaviours survive evolution without natutal predators
From the Summary of the article you linked (emphasis mine):
A photo of waxwings, which became popular in the Polish Internet space, shows dead birds that died as a result of a collision with a bus shelter in Ukraine. Their arrangement indicates that they flew in a compact formation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the collision occurred as a result of coordination disorders after ingesting alcohol.
The elites don’t want you to know this but the waxwing birds at the park are free. You can take them home. I have 458 waxwing birds.
Seems weird to brag about everything you own being covered in bird poop
Oh to know what goes through a birds mind when it’s gotten blackout drunk and woke up someplace else. Do you think they sang their ex’s name?
Oh to be a waxwing bird absolutely zonked on the sidewalk
I mean…take away the bird part, and you have my teenage years to early 20s.
Are you waxwing nostalgic?
He’ll be here all week. Try the brisket.
Don’t let your dreams be dreams 🥴
They’re not drunk, they’re just dead
They’re pining for the Fjords
They are drunk, fermented fruit do have alcohol and it affect animals too ofc
How do they not all get eaten by predators?
Another comment posted a link claiming they’re dead, so probably they do
Would those be scavengers then?
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in an urban environment, predators are usually more scarce than in rural environments, and the ones that do live in urban areas won’t touch any prey animal if there’s a human nearby.
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there are people putting them in safe places, that may include safe from predators too.
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A lot of predators are nocturnal (foxes, owls)
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Spring break
Party animals
