Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:27:37 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Weiner Subject: birds and deadly-nightshade berries MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII opsreyers, do any of our local birds eat deadly nightshade berries? I was planning to remove a large stand of the stuff from the backyard before my daughter tries to eat it, but thought I'd check first, as some of the plants still have some dried-looking berries on them from last fall. are the leaves and stems toxic to the touch a la poison ivy? should I wear gloves if I remove them? I would be happy to lay off our typical bumper crop of weeds and vines this summer (pokeweed, porcelainberries, etc.) if I thought they were especially helpful to our local (DC) urban songbird population. Is there any source of info on this? thanks for your help, rob Robert Weiner (rweiner@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) George Washington University Washington DC 20052 202 994 5981 ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================