tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post8445820157854458746..comments2023-04-20T11:39:31.414-04:00Comments on Exploriment: Cootes Paradise CleanupExplorimenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-22150109707372641792013-04-29T19:34:58.007-04:002013-04-29T19:34:58.007-04:00True, I should credit the photo as one taken of an...True, I should credit the photo as one taken of an albatross found on Midway in the Pacific, from having ingested some of the state sized blob of plastic floating around in that ocean. Just wanted to demonstrate the point. Explorimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086834554961404700.post-5383696003577195472013-04-29T14:52:35.663-04:002013-04-29T14:52:35.663-04:00Thanks for mucking in with us Thomas and thanks fo...Thanks for mucking in with us Thomas and thanks for sharing your thoughts and photos. All are welcome to join us with have 3 more cleanups coming up May on the 5th, 11th and 26th. Register at stewardsofcootes@gmail.com. <br /><br />Probably good to mention that the photo of the bird carcass with plastic in its stomach is not of a bird found at Cootes. It is undocumented at this time if any wildlife is dying at Cootes from plastic ingestion - common sense and evidence from other locales would dictate that its an issue to take seriously. Dr. Jim Quinn at McMaster is starting to have his students examine stomach contents when they are doing bird autopsies.<br /><br />Hung up fishing line on the other hand is a documented killer of birds at Cootes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970525532715725597noreply@blogger.com