Albatross & Plastics - October 2006
Lecture 22 - Dr. David Hyrenbach, Wings without Borders: Tracking Albatrosses Around the Globe (College of Exploration Website)

"The Dangers of Plastic Bags" (Power Point, 3.25 MB)

Pictures from Workshop

Online Videos
Visit http://oceanslive.org and click on "Archived Videos" to watch these two new movies:

• Learn how marine debris affects Laysan Albatross chicksin the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument bywatching a necropsy.
• Watch how researchers band Masked Booby and Laysan Albatross chickson Green Island in the Kure Atoll State Wildlife Refuge in theNorthwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument.

Activities

• Albatross Natural History Slide Show
• Alb slide show script (PDF, 90 KB)
• Albatross slide show.ppt (Power Point, 10.8 MB) (NOTE: PC users: If you can't see the slides in this show, you can open the show using the web version link below. Or if you would like to request a CD version of the presentation, please contact Jenny Stock at CBNMS - jennifer.stock@noaa.gov )
• Albatross slide show (Web Version) (QuickTime, 20.03 MB)
• Albatross clip (AVI) (AVI, 3.29 MB)
• Elementary
• How Big Are Your Wings (PDF, 591 KB)
• Walk a Mile in Albatross Shoes (PDF, 83 KB)
• You Are What You Eat (PDF, 264 KB)
• Seabirds and Plastics Slide Show
• Slide Show Script (PDF, 69 KB)
• Slide Show (Power Point, 16.11 MB)
• Slide Show (Online version) (QuickTime, 21.85 MB)
• Secondary
• 3 Different Bolus Photos (PDF, 785 KB)
• Albatross Extension Activities (PDF, 50 KB)
• Are Seabirds What They Eat? (PDF, 1.11 MB)
• Tracking Albatross and Trash (PDF, 448 KB)
• What Plastic Items (PDF, 312 KB)

Related Articles

• Albatross Age Record (PDF, 50 KB)
• Audubon - Albatross Wanderings (PDF, 115 KB)
• Plastic ingestion by Laysan Albatross chicks (PDF, 224 KB)
• Solutions to Bycatch (PDF, 116 KB)
• Sudden Death - A seabird report (PDF, 1.31 MB)
• Turning the Tide for Trouble Albatross (PDF, 203 KB)

Resources

• Albatross Mobile (PDF, 57 KB)
• Albatross Natural History (PDF, 641 KB)
• Fast Facts (PDF, 51 KB)
• Recycling Codes (PDF, 51 KB)
• Seabird Glossary of Terms (PDF, 81 KB)
• Seabird-Tracking Websites (PDF, 124 KB)
• Information on Tern Island