G'day Steve
Dom Serventy, Birds of Western Australia, p. 239, "Bronzewing
pigeons, both this species and the next, are given to feeding on the
seeds of the box-poison plant Gastrolobium bilobum, and as a result
their entrails and bones, but not the flesh, are poisonous to dogs
and cats. After eating such pigeons, dogs and cats are apt to have
fits, become mad, bite at anyone within reach, and finally die in
convulsions."
From memory they also gain this poison from York Road poison
Gastrolobium. Also from memory this is where the poison 1080 was
learnt about. It is presumably made synthetically now. Native
consumers apparently have varying degrees of immunity to this poison.
Cheers
Mike
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Michael Tarburton
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On 13/05/2012, at 8:18 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
G'day all
While I'm exploring possible myths I also recall reading (when I was a
kid) that Bronzewing Pigeons accumulated some poison in their bodies
(bones specifically I think) and would kill any dogs that ate them.
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