Subject: [Tweeters] Nandina berries and birds
Date: Aug 12 17:07:50 2013
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


I'm passing this on from someone in Arkansas, who claims that Nandina domestica (also known as heavenly bamboo) berries are poisonous to birds, as they produce hydrogen cyanide. A large number of Cedar Waxwings found dead had Nandina berries in their stomachs.

I don't know if there is anything else about this in the literature, but those of us with Nandina in our yards might look into it.

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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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