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08/24/2010 11:40:15 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by bergiekat:
If you have anything in your yard with berries (like a pyrocantha) you might get wax wings in the Spring! They look like yellow and green cardinals for a very loose description, lol. Cool birds. They show up "en mass" and will eat all of the fermenting berries..and you guessed it...they get a little tipsy. |
On the West Coast it's the robins which get drunk on the fermented pyracantha berries, though I remember it happening later in the Fall ... |
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08/26/2010 07:33:46 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by bergiekat:
If you have anything in your yard with berries (like a pyrocantha) you might get wax wings in the Spring! They look like yellow and green cardinals for a very loose description, lol. Cool birds. They show up "en mass" and will eat all of the fermenting berries..and you guessed it...they get a little tipsy. |
On the West Coast it's the robins which get drunk on the fermented pyracantha berries, though I remember it happening later in the Fall ... |
Makes sense, as the berries have to grow to maturity and then ferment. Then I guess they smell real good to birds. Apparently makes tasty jam, too.
*running off to local nurseries to find pyracnatha shrubberies*
My cats (both non-hunters) would have an absolute BLAST watching drunken birdies!!
Message edited by author 2010-08-26 19:35:01. |
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08/26/2010 08:11:30 PM · #28 |
It was always my understanding that pyracantha berries are toxic to humans. They are kind of mealy inside, not particularly juicy -- I'm not sure they'd make good jam even if safe to eat. Please check with your local poison control center before proceedng -- if they are actually safe I'd sure like to know.
In the meantime, I'd stick to elderberries and blackberries* if harvesting from the wild ...
*or perhaps cranberries, blueberries, huckleberries and gooseberries given your northerly location
Message edited by author 2010-08-26 20:13:08. |
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08/26/2010 08:34:09 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
It was always my understanding that pyracantha berries are toxic to humans. They are kind of mealy inside, not particularly juicy -- I'm not sure they'd make good jam even if safe to eat. Please check with your local poison control center before proceedng -- if they are actually safe I'd sure like to know.
In the meantime, I'd stick to elderberries and blackberries* if harvesting from the wild ...
*or perhaps cranberries, blueberries, huckleberries and gooseberries given your northerly location |
According to the sources I googled, it is a common misconception that pyracantha berries are toxic to humans. In terms of native berries yep blackberries and raspberries are the main ones, and in one small area I also have gooseberries. Cranberries from what I understand need a marsh to grow in. Not exactly sure what huckleberries are, I think they grow wayyy farther north than I am! NY is only 25 minutes from me, I'm not out on the norhternmost point of Hudson's Bay! ;-)
Theer is a certain kind of berry (sorry don't remember offhand) that quail can safely eat, but if you eat the meat from a quail that has ingested these berries, then yes you will die. |
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08/27/2010 12:29:37 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
... Not exactly sure what huckleberries are, I think they grow wayyy farther north than I am! NY is only 25 minutes from me, I'm not out on the norhternmost point of Hudson's Bay! ;-) |
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Message edited by author 2010-08-27 00:36:03. |
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08/27/2010 07:19:35 AM · #31 |
| Service berries are also great for birds. They have white/cream flowers in spring, berries in early to mid-summer and turn a beautiful orangy-red in the fall. The berries are non-toxic to humans if you can get them before the birds. The can be trained as small trees or bushes and are very easy to grow. |
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