Clear Bottle Lids to Save Birds: Wildlife Groups

Warning: Graphic image below. A major supermarket is switching to clear milk bottle lids to enhance recycling efforts, but wildlife conservation groups say it will save the iconic bowerbird from tragic deaths. The satin bowerbird, commonly found along Australia’s east coast, is known for building elaborate courting areas adorned with various striking, largely blue, items. The birds used to find rare blue flowers, but now it’s mainly about collecting plastic blue bottle lids and rings due to all the litter in the landscape. When they grab the rings, they often flip it backward over their heads and get stuck, leading to death from starvation and thirst....