[CyberAnt]

Did you feed the peppers to the birds yourself ..??

I mean .. really .. where would the birds get the chili peppers ..?? Your garden ..??

[Randy Larsen]

Chiltepin peppers are a wild pepper in Arizona and Texas!

The plants are hard to grow, but the birds eat the peppers and spread the seeds.

[Randy Larsen]

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1857/are-birds-immune-to-hot-pepper-enabling-them-to-eat-vast-amounts-and-spread-the-seeds