Birds are building nests with dryer lint, wrappers and fishing line, and it’s killing the babies.
Nests have always included whatever material birds can find. The problem is what our landscapes now offer them: strips of plastic, synthetic fibers and loops that can tighten around a leg, wing or neck.
A wrapper woven into a nest is a record of where the trash ended up. Fishing line is worse: it is strong enough to keep holding after a bird becomes tangled, and nearly invisible when stretched through branches.
Dryer lint is a close second. It's loaded with chemicals and, when wet, holds moisture, chills babies and eggs, and can cause the nest to fall apart entirely.
Picking up litter really doesn't seem like doing much, but every piece of loose plastic and line that you pull is a songbird nest made a little safer.
The birds didn't choose a plastic world. That was our choice. But they're stuck building with the shit we've left them.
NHK BSドラマ「この味もまたいつか恋しくなる」に田中和将が出演します。
田中和将と交流のある作家・燃え殻さんによる同名エッセイを原作に高橋一生さんが主演するオムニバスドラマ。
NHK BSにて11月14日(土)、21日(土)夜9:00より2週連続放送。
田中和将は11月21日(土)放送の後編に出演予定です。
NHK BS
2026年11月14日(土)21:00〜
2026年11月21日(土)21:00〜
📕原作 燃え殻「この味もまたいつか恋しくなる」
📌出演 高橋一生ほか
🌍️https://t.co/Tpvw2yOHl3
This Syrian old man hid his private library in his home in the city of Damascus since the end of 2011 before escaping to Kuwait out of fear of the Assad regime, where the mere presence of a banned book could lead you to Assad's gulag and death under torture.
Today, the uncle returned to his library and completely removed the wall behind which he had hidden it, revealing valuable books that the Assad regime prohibited possessing and circulating.