Dusky-footed Woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes) build large, conical nests up to 8 feet tall in trees, on the ground, or on bluffs. Made of sticks, bark, and plant material, the nests can house multiple generations and include rooms for food storage, resting, nurseries, and protection.
#Plastic is a killer.
The scientists were following a hunch that they – and ecologists around the world – were missing a hidden death toll from plastic that #birds incorporated into their nests. #Scientists tend to inspect #nests only at fledging time, yet dead chicks can be swiftly discarded by parents, so those killed by plastic early in their lives might go uncounted.
Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species too, say experts in the US, UK and Argentina
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In June, Pigeons
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Sparrow Chicks in a Postbox, Folkington, Sussex, c.1910 - Photo Postcard Co RP Postcard
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