Hi Bob,
I have lived with Mulberries (both red and white varieties) in my yard at
several points in my life and never seen anything like this. I have often
eaten them myself. I have seen birds eating Mulberries to no ill effect,
and I have seen birds intoxicated from Mulberries, as well as
We had a mulberry tree behind our garage, when we lived in Hamden, Ct. 30
years ago.
When the fruit was well ripened, and starting to fall to the ground and rot,
we frequently saw robins staggering around and flying unstably, as if drunk,
but the only dead bird was one robin that appeared to
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
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,
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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
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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
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