Some very sad and beautiful photographs by Chris Jordan. He made these in early October on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific.
These are Albatross chicks, nesting babies whose parents have soared out over the vast polluted ocean, collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, tens of thousands of Albatross chicks perish every year by starvation, toxicity and choking.
Midway Atoll is part of the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, one of the world's most remote marine sanctuaries. It sits 2000 miles from Hawaii and is part of the territory of American Samoa.
Albatross are incredibly large, grand birds with feathers of pure white, a two-tone coral colour curved beak and deepest black eyes. Their giant adult size explains the capacity of the young ones' stomachs to contain so many objects.
Please think with love on these wonders of creation and give a donation to RSPB if you can.
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