The Crafty Princess Diaries

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Drunken Birds & Pepper Trees

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The birds! The birds! Our pepper trees are full of berries, and this means that the local bird population is going ballistic eating the berries. They are everywhere as they eat them off the trees and also off of the ground.



Pepper trees are not originally part of the Florida flora and fauna. They are actually from Brazil, but they are all over the state. They grow super fast. The city cuts them down constantly in the canal behind our house, but a few months later, they are back. Which I have to admit, I’m okay with because they give us extra privacy. Of course, you have to be careful not to touch the trees because it can often give you a rash.

Any way, back to the birds. After chowing down on the berries for days, they get drunk and a little crazy, and even brazen. They fly away when I bring my dogs out, but as soon as our backs are turned, they are back eating more berries, sometimes just a few feet away from us.




I am not sure if the birds have a hangover after their berry binge.

Author: Tammy

Welcome to the Crafty Princess Diaries, my weblog and site where I get to blab about my passion for crafts, primarily jewelry making, and my crafting career. My name is Tammy Powley, and I decided to call my blog the Crafty Princess Diaries because of this very dorky picture I have of myself and because my husband often refers to me as “the princess and the pea,” which is just another way to say that I tend to be particular sometimes. Along with this weblog, I have a number of jewelry making books published.

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