This morning I took a walk along the very easy stretch of the FLT
that goes down the Cayuta Outlet gorge. A Winter Wren was singing
about 250 yards downstream from the lake control dam in the mouth of
the gorge. I continued downstream, enjoying lots of Canada Warblers
and other
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
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
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
OK. So I just spoke with the friend. He did not spray and the
neighboring property is a Christmas tree farm - and they do not spray.
One addition: a Cedar Waxwing, found dead on the ground under the tree
- sitting up like it was still alive, with a poop half out. So perhaps
that guy was
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
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
A couple of thoughts:
Alcohol poisoning. With the recent very hot spell, coinciding with sugar
development in the berries, fermentation is a good liklihood.
The link posted by Geo refers to mild toxicity. However, that is directed at
us for human consumption. Birds have a lower threshold for
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,
When we lived on Long Island, there was a big mulberry tree in front of our
house. When the berries fell to the round and stayed there a while, they
would ferment. The mourning doves would then come around and get staggering
drunk. However, I don't remember ever seeing a dead bird under the
Speaking of dead birds, I found five roadkill yellow warblers in the past
two weeks during my bike rides between Bald Hill Rd and King Rd on rte 96B.
All were adult males.
Bill E
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Horseback riding in Aurelius on trails through wet fields/woods, the farm owner
and I scared up a family of woodcocks: four flew, one went into the grasses by
the trail. An exciting first for both of us.
Linda
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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
Dead.
On Jun 23, 2011, at 7:51 PM, Meena Haribal wrote:
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
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