The bird was again tracking southwest when it flew over or near Kiribati and New Caledonia, then past the Australian mainland before turning directly west for Tasmania, Australia's most southerly ...

Eric Woehler from Birdlife Tasmania said the bird probably lost ... "The package has to be so small given this bird travels 12,000 kilometres. It can't have any impact on the migration or welfare ...

Michael is a Senior Wildlife Officer (Captive) with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE ... Little things are very hard to assess, especially in such small birds.” ...

The plastic effects "nearly every organ system" of the birds, he said, especially the brain. Birds less than 6 months old ...

Tasmania is a relatively small state of 68,000 kilometers located ... Rebecca Bracken is the conservation research director of the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, a nonprofit organization dedicated ...

The seabird typically breeds around Tasmania ... Typically, the birds feed by diving into the ocean head first and eating small fish. Despite the grim situation, Hildebrandt said a number of ...

However, the birds normally migrate in large flocks, Dooley said, which may help them collectively work it out. It is unclear if the young godwit was alone or not when it reached Tasmania.