Global bird news: 31 May 2009

Pesticide kills birds, Perth, Australia

The Australian

Nearly 200 ibises, ravens, gulls, ducks and a pelican were found dead or frothing and convulsing in Perth at the weekend. The discovery comes a year after the mysterious mass death of 200 birds only a few kilometres away and two years after the Esperance lead contamination scandal [...]

Press release: Pacific island nations drive landmark fisheries closure

More good news from Birdlife South Africa. The South African government is in the process of forming a Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Island group (breeding site for King, Gentoo, Rockhopper and Macaroni Penguins, Wandering, Grey-headed and Sooty Albatross amongst other species). Equally exciting, 17 Pacific Island nations have pulled together [...]