#shorttailedshearwaters — Public Fediverse posts
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Taking care of Country: Looking after Short-tailed shearwaters (muttonbirds)
" ‘The birds are a global citizen’: Indigenous groups in Australia and Alaska team up to track a feathered adventurer’s epic journey. A new knowledge-sharing project aims to ensure the survival of the migratory short-tailed shearwater."
"First Nations peoples on both coasts have noticed that something is wrong. They began to see sick and dying shearwaters washing up on beaches: emaciated, their bellies filled with microplastics instead of food. Birds were turning up in places they hadn’t been." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/26/indigenous-groups-australia-alaska-track-short-tailed-shearwater-bird#birds #ShortTailedShearwaters #muttonbirds #shearwaters #wildlife #migration #ShiftingBaseline #ClimateCrisis #microplastics #StarvingWildlife #IndigenousPeoples
Image: Giidanyba, The Moon Man, Muttonbird depiction, Gumbaynggirr Country