MIDWAY BIRD CEMENTERY: PLASTIC TRAPS AND KILLS YOUNG ALBATROSSES

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Young albatrosses making their first foray out to sea can become waterlogged and exhausted, drifting back to the beach to rest and dry out. This disturbing short film shows the plight of those unlucky enough to become trapped by the high metal retaining walls in Midway's harbor. The doomed birds drown in an entanglement of dead birds and plastic trash.

                            

                         Harbor trap. Uploaded by journeytomidway on Jul 13, 2010


Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zQZwvRNEwGg