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The “Bird-zine” competition: a creative challenge for Caribbean residents

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BirdsCaribbean has been coming up with a whole range of online activities and learning opportunities for young (and older) bird enthusiasts – or just for people of any age who want to know more about the remarkable and unique birds that call our region home. By the way, the regional non-governmental organization focuses on island birds – not the peripheral Caribbean countries that are part of mainland ecosystems such as Belize, Guyana and Suriname (although they have amazing birds, also). So, from Dutch-speaking Aruba in the south to the Bahamas in the north, BirdsCaribbean works with partners – local community-based organisations, government departments, and conservationists – right across our scattered islands.

The Black-billed Parrot is endemic to Jamaica. It lives only in the Cockpit Country, Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Mt. Diablo – and if you are lucky you might see one or two in Hope Gardens, in…

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TREATY PEOPLE GATHERING – Jane Fonda

For years, Indigenous women have been leading the fight to stop Line 3. As tensions have risen and construction has begun, I visited Line 3, Mark Ruffalo went on social media to get word out and Bonnie Raitt recorded a song to amplify the fight and to support the frontline water protectors.

In early June, thousands will join them to lay their bodies on the line at the Mississippi River and call on the President to stop construction. We need your help to get them there and to ensure that people across the nation and the world see what is happening.

Source: TREATY PEOPLE GATHERING – Jane Fonda

‘Smart Toilet’ takes pictures of poop as it’s flushed to warn doctors of health problems – Study Finds

Scientists at Duke University say the device, dubbed “Smart Toilet,” could help treat millions of people who live with potentially deadly bowel diseases. It can be fitted within the pipes of an existing toilet and snaps a picture of a person’s poop when they flush. An algorithm then determines whether the movement is loose, normal or constipated, and whether it contains any blood.

The data could help doctors keep track of their patients’ bowel movements and provide better treatment to those suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Anywhere from 25 million to 45 million Americans suffer from IBS, according to the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders. An estimated 3 million people in the U.S. have IBD, either in the form of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.

Source: ‘Smart Toilet’ takes pictures of poop as it’s flushed to warn doctors of health problems – Study Finds

‘People feel safer’: some Americans still masking up despite CDC guidance | US news | The Guardian

when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask in most indoor or outdoor settings, the news was met with enthusiasm, a sign that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming to an end.

But, despite an official green light for many to go maskless, amid confusion surrounding mask mandates, some Americans are choosing to mask up for the foreseeable future.

“I will be wearing my mask indoors, unless I’m eating in a well-ventilated restaurant, but if I’m going shopping or whatever, I will be wearing my mask,” said Laur Kim, 21, who is currently a student.

Source: ‘People feel safer’: some Americans still masking up despite CDC guidance | US news | The Guardian

Thousands of Jews and Arabs march in Tel Aviv for peace, coexistence – The Jerusalem Post

Thousands of Jews and Arabs march in Tel Aviv for peace and coexistence, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (photo credit: STANDING TOGETHER) Thousands of Israelis marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening in a show of support for peace and coexistence between Jews and Arabs amid two long weeks of intense violent riots waging across the country.

Protesters also voiced support for the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect early Friday, calling on the government to take immediate action to end Israeli occupation in the West Bank and to reach peace with the Palestinians.    Source: Thousands of Jews and Arabs march in Tel Aviv for peace, coexistence – The Jerusalem Post

Saturday Surprise — Comedy Wildlife!

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Every September for the past three years, I have posted some of the winning photos from the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (links to prior years at bottom of post).  The contest is open through June 20th, and winners are announced in September, but this year I have some preview entries that have already been received, and I thought they might make a good way to start the weekend with a smile!

“Quarantine Life” By Kevin Biskaborn

“Isolated inside with your family eager to get out and explore the world? These eastern raccoon kits are too. Just when you think there’s no more room in the tree hollow, mother raccoon appears and displays just how compact the space is. The babies clambered all over their mom and each another, struggling to take a look at the exact same time. This photo was taken in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. After…

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Al recorrer las estaciones de la vida

Google translation of title and first few lines of excellent article: As you tour the seasons of life

Live your childhood intensely, enjoy it as much as possible and make it the wonderful memory of your days, a real tale of your spring years. Live your adolescence fully, smile and be happy, and may everything be so healthy that it is noticed in your gaze, in your smile, in your words, in your dreams. Live your youth, which, slowly, like the other seasons, is brief, leaves and returns no more.

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Vive tu infancia intensamente, disfrútala todo lo posible y conviértela en el recuerdo maravilloso de tus días, en un cuento real de tus años primaverales. Vive tu adolescencia plenamente, sonríe y sé feliz, y que todo sea tan sano que se note en tu mirada, en tu sonrisa, en tus palabras, en tus sueños. Vive tu juventud, que ralmente, como las otras estaciones, es breve, se va y no vuelve más. No te quedes solo. Es triste la ausencia de recuerdos porque denotan, entonces, minutos, horas y días repetidos que, finalmente, suman años monótonos e improductivos, carentes de historia y de sentido, y peores son cuando no hay bien ni conocimiento adquiridos y practicados. Vívela con la energía e ilusión de una mañana y sin olvidar que próximos se encuentran el mediodía, el atardecer y la noche. Es inevitable…

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