A sooty shearwater entrapped in marine debris

A dark-feathered bird trapped by a collection of floating trash
Photo By/Credit

Roy W. Lowe/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
09/11/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A sooty shearwater -- a seabird -- ensnared in a a drift net along the Oregon coast.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Marine
Species
Puffinus griseus
Subject tags
Coasts
Human impacts
Human-wildlife conflicts
Marine ecology
Pollution