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
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