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 have taught them a lot about mushrooms, and all of them can identify a destroying angel, jack o'lanterns, etc. Knowledge is power, and children love having this knowledge. They know where all the pokeweed plants are at Lime Hollow and love to inform people about them.
But this is a bird list, and the question is about bird behavior...I'd love to hear about the OP's question re American Robin aggression if anyone knows more about that. Maryfaith Decker Miller On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 11:38 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 26, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Regi Teasley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 David Thoreau* > > On Oct 26, 2019, at 9:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > 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 watched some head > lowered face offs ( before a chase) on the fence near pokeweed. > > Anne > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
