Watching a Crimson Rosella eating some blackberries of a cane this morning at Narrabundah Hill reminded me that decades ago when I was on the COG committee we tasked somebody ( not me!) to try and find out what the effects of spraying blackberries in the
ACT would have on birds that ate the berries. I don’t recall that an answer was forthcoming at that time.
Given that we humans are cautioned not to eat to eat the berries from sprayed canes I still wonder what the likely impact will be on the birds. Did COG ever get an answer to this question?
Wayne Gregson
