Altered Oceans

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

A dead juvenile albatross rests in the sands of Midway Atoll where each year as many as 200,000 chicks – about 40% of the total on this island - die before they get a chance to take flight. Chicks are often inadvertantly fed plasitic bits by their parents which is likely to contribute to their deaths. More than 2 million birds nest on Midway Atoll’s cluster of islands every year.

Rick Loomis, "Altered Oceans," in POYi Archive, Item #45173, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45173 (accessed November 22, 2024).