title: Plastic mistaken for prey by a colony-breeding Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) in the Mediterranean Sea, revealed by camera-trap.
abstract: Discarded plastic is known to be harmful for marine animals through ingestion and entanglement. Here we report the first documentation of Eleonora's falcons providing plastic waste to dependent nestlings. Eleonora's falcons breed colonially on sea cliffs and islets in areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands in which they normally feed their nestlings exclusively with small migratory birds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Science, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway. Electronic address: ronny.steen@nmbu.no.
authors.forename: Ronny
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Science, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Cathrine S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Torjussen
authors.affiliation: Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation, Marine Research Base, P.O. Box 42, Pythagorio 83102, Samos, Greece.
authors.forename: Dean W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation, Marine Research Base, P.O. Box 42, Pythagorio 83102, Samos, Greece.
authors.forename: Thodoris
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsimpidis
authors.affiliation: Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation, Marine Research Base, P.O. Box 42, Pythagorio 83102, Samos, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miliou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D046093:Falconiformes; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010781:Photography; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis*; D013030:Spain; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D014866:Waste Products; D014873:Water Pollutants
keywords: Bird of prey; Eleonora's falcon; Food provisioning; Greece; Plastic; Pollution; Waste