Birds of a Feather, Megan Stonestreet

Stonestreet’s papier-mâché albatross is a messenger from the seas, carrying with it a dire warning about plastic pollution and its impact on seabirds. Stonestreet explains, “As the weather erodes the papier-mâché of the bird, its wire frame will begin to show, revealing a stomach made out of recycled window screen filled with bits of plastic trash.” The albatross skims the ocean surface for food, picking up plastics it cannot digest. With 90% of the world’s seabirds consuming plastic today, little room is left for nutritious food, resulting in death from starvation on a massive scale.