I wasn’t expecting that

After removing all my cut down chillies Mrs blackbird appeared. I assumed she was looking for bug & worms in the pile of rubbish left behind. How wrong was I !

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If you’re not sure what you’re looking at , because photos are a bit cr@p.  The female blackbird is eating chillies!
Thai dragon to be precise! 

I heard birds don’t have some gland thingy so the heat doesn’t affect them, but I’ve never witnessed it before.