Were the birds really dead or in coma? There is a variety of red geranium when Japanese Beetle feed on them the get intoxicated and fall down to ground. But after few hours they are awake and alive. But then they again go for the same flowers and fall down again. I don't know how long they keep doing this. But I was trying to isolate the active component in collaboration with someone in Kentucky, but we did not get funded.
Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -----Original Message----- From: bounce-37737035-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37737035-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:25 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dead Birds - Mulberry Tree Well, if the deaths continue without explanation, there's always DEC's Wildlife Pathology Unit: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6957.html#port -Geo On Jun 23, 2011, at 6:58 PM, bob mcguire wrote: > Nope. No windows within 200 ft. And the dead birds were all UNDER > the trees. > > Bob > On Jun 23, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: > >> Perhaps the fruiting mulberry trees are only luring birds into the >> vicinity of something else that's deadly. Windows? >> >> -Geo >> >> On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:21 PM, bob mcguire wrote: >> >>> Yes Joe, we've heard that. But death?? >>> On Jun 23, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: >>> >>>> The unripe fruits and the milky sap of several mulberry species >>>> are mildly toxic, and can cause hallucinations and stomach upset. >>>> >>>> http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Morusal.htm >>>> >>>> -Geo >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 23, 2011, at 4:01 PM, bob mcguire wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just had lunch with a friend who has two mulberry trees on >>>>> his property. This year, shortly after the fruits began to >>>>> appear (whitish-green when unripe, going to reddish-black when >>>>> ripe), he began to find dead birds under the trees: 5 >>>>> Starlings, 2 male Baltimore Orioles, 1 Gray Catbird so far. >>>>> There is a strong correlation (timewise) between fruiting and >>>>> the deaths. Is anyone familiar with this phenomenon? >>>>> >>>>> Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
