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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 3,677 Send Message	Tenerife Sun	Report	12 Jul 2014 11:42
	I don't know exactly why the avocado skin is bad for birds but I have been told this several times. Here avocado trees are grown in abundance and birds hardly ever peck at the fruit whilst it is on the tree. They have always spit out the peel to get to the flesh when attacking my fruit bowl as if they knew it wasn't good for them or they just don't like the skin. I Googled and found this Consumption of the leaves and bark of the avocado tree, or the skin and pit of the avocado fruit have been shown to have the following effects:[2] In birds (which are particularly sensitive to the avocado toxin), the symptoms are: increased heart rate, myocardial tissue damage, labored breathing, disordered plumage, unrest, weakness, and apathy. High doses cause acute respiratory syndrome (asphyxia), with death approximately 12 to 24 hours after consumption. By the way they never even touched yesterday banana I put on the bird table :-D
	Researching: Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL