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Minnesota Residents Call Police On Rowdy Drunk Birds

Gilbert Police Chief Ty Techar says an early frost means the birds have been "getting a little more 'tipsy' than normal" on fermented berries.
A waxwing eating a berry on an arrowwood tree.

Life lately in the tiny northern Minnesota town of Gilbert has resembled a scene out of an Alfred Hitchcock film. Birds, lots of birds, have been "flying into windows, cars and acting confused," the city police department, which has been fielding reports from

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