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A plastic spoon and a balloon are successfully removed from a Southern Giant Petrel
from the bird's stomach (see the video) and the bird is now recovering at Wildbase. “We pulled out a whole spoon, pink balloon and some sharp unidentifiable plastic. The team was very excited to remove the contents from the stomach, but the sad thing is...
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The last straw? Two Southern Ocean albatrosses die after ingesting balloons in Australia
Latest News has previously reported more than once on albatrosses and petrels becoming entangled with or ingesting latex balloons. Records include entanglements and/or ingestions for the Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes and Arctic Fulmar...
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Marine debris and seabird discussion today via Twitter
role in helping to address and understand this global environmental problem." n Black-footed Albatross entangled with a balloon Laysan Albatrosses can ingest floating plastic artefacts, photograph by Ross Wanless "Some discussion topics: What are the...
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UPDATED. Balloon pollution: a conservation issue for albatrosses and petrels?
by the NGO Australian Seabird Rescue in Ballina, New South Wales was recently found to have regurgitated parts of a balloon over a period of several days in its cage. Along with the balloon fragments the bird also regurgitated a piece of hard plastic...
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Where does all that plastic go? Arctic Fulmars act as biological indicators of marine debris
the ocean surface to other as-yet undetermined sinks in the marine environment.” An Arctic Fulmar corpse entangled with a balloon For three earlier papers on Arctic Fulmars ingesting plastic by Jan van Franeker click here, here and here. Read more of...
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Plastic, rubber and balloons: the not-so natural diet of the Short-tailed Shearwater
from boat-based tows. Significant differences were found, suggesting that the birds select for hard plastic, rubber and balloons.” Short-tailed Shearwater, photograph by Mark Carey Reference: Acampora, H., Schuyler, Q.A., Townsend, K.A. & Hardesty, B.D....
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(Not) letting your party balloon go. It's not just ingested plastic that is killing albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters
entangled, often with fatal consequences. Recently, a Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes found entangled in balloons and string was found by Beach COMBER (Coastal Ocean Mammal & Bird Education and Research Surveys) volunteers during a monthly...
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