I had a fire in my burn pit this evening well after sunset in the dark. I
thought I heard a crow caw in the distance a few times. Then I was certain
as the bird came pretty close to my house overhead. There was other
american crows cawing at times too for at least an hour or so between 800
and 900
A Dunlin is currently foraging on the red lighthouse jetty in Ithaca, in
between the cormorants and gulls.
Jay
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Regi
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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:53 PM, darlingtonbets wrote:
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> A number of years ago, I asked poisonous plant expert, John Kingsbury, about
> pokeweed. He's a r
Agreed! I have some pokeweed growing behind the shed, no intention of removing
(or tasting) it. I went to wiki initially to see if the toxins were
intoxicating Anne’s robins but there’s no obvious support for that from this
plant. I have seen robins et al get ripped on late season “raisins” from
A number of years ago, I asked poisonous plant expert, John Kingsbury, about
pokeweed. He's a retired professor of botany from Cornell and was lecturer in
phytotoxicology at Cornell's Vet. College. And author of "Deadly Harvest," an
excellent book on poisonous plants. He told me that a group of
I have used pokeweed berries in my forest kindergarten class to dye wool an
intensely beautiful shade of purple. 5-6-7 year olds, harvested, crushed,
boiled over a campfire and stirred the pot full of wool roving and pokeweed
berries. My students love knowing which plants are deadly poisonous. I ha
And I am living proof that eating young pokeweed is not deadly. We didn’t use 3
waters either, although drained it.
But I am NOT suggesting everyone try it. Young spinach causes less panic. Or
try lambs quarters.
Anne
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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Regi Teasley wrote:
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Yup everyone, I am fully aware of the toxicity of pokeweed and allow a nice big
plant to grow up where I can see it fruit every year without any problems.
There are many berries toxic to humans out there. And toxic plants. But they
feed birds and other wildlife. Pokeweed berries are especially
I understand Pokeweed is poisonous to humans. Your thoughts on keeping these
plants?
Regi
What good is a house if you don’t have a tolerable planet to put it in? Henry
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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 9:01 AM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote:
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> This morning I have a large number of ro
For the record, don’t try this at home! Poke berries are very toxic to humans
and many other mammals though some foxes, mice,etc are resistant, as are many
songbirds that distribute the seeds after ingestion. Make sure your kids do NOT
ingest these.
Poke leaves are made edible only after three s
This morning I have a large number of robins all age/sexes foraging on my
productive pokeweed berries and scratching leaves AND chasing each other hard
and long. More athletic long chases than I am used to associating with robins.
They are not just chasing around the berries although I watch
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