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They’re using THIS to build nests, and it’s not right.

Common coots are collecting our plastic. Fast food wrappers, milk cartons, even discarded masks become part of their nests. What was once a home built from plants has turned into a monument of human waste.

79% of all plastic ever produced doesn’t disappear, it migrates, drifts, and sometimes, lands in the very homes of other species. For thirty years, ten generations of birds have stacked our trash like layers of sediment, each piece marking a fragment of our habits.

Their nests, once symbols of life and care, now tell a story of adaptation to human negligence. Every wrapper and mask isn’t just litter, it’s a risk to survival, a silent threat woven into the fabric of their lives.

The question isn’t just about birds. It’s about how we live, what we discard, and the traces we leave behind. Small choices ripple far beyond our own spaces, into waterways, forests, and skies.

Change starts in the everyday: the plastics we refuse, the alternatives we adopt. Because when the smallest beings inherit the weight of our convenience, it’s worth pausing to reflect.

(plastic pollution, microplastics, wildlife, environment, climate action)