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 U.N. Report Finds Israel’s Assault on Gaza “Consistent with Genocide,” Including Starvation Campaign

"A U.N. special committee has found Israel’s actions in Gaza since October 2023 are “consistent with genocide,” including using starvation as a weapon of war and recklessly inflicting civilian casualties. The report, released today, comes one day after a Human Rights Watch report found Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity through its mass forced displacement of civilians in Gaza. HRW is calling on nations to adopt sanctions and halt weapons sales to Israel."

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/headlines/un_report_finds_israels_assault_on_gaza_consistent_with_genocide_including_starvation_campaign

#Palestine #gaza #genocide  #UN #genocidejoe  #zionismisfascism 
 Post-WWII “Never Again” Pledge Is Being Broken in Gaza, UN Experts Say

https://truthout.org/articles/post-wwii-never-again-pledge-is-being-broken-in-gaza-un-experts-say/

#Palestine #gaza #genocide #palestinewillbefree #bds
#Zionismisnazism
#dismantleisrael #genocidejoe 
 For #WarblerWednesday these Black-throated Blue Warblers presented themselves yesterday while eating juniper berries at a local park. 
#nature
#NaturePhotography
#birds
#Wildlife
#naturecommunity
#photography
#birding
#birdphotography
#warbler #songbird

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 The hottest summer in human history – a visual timeline

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/29/the-hottest-summer-in-human-history-a-visual-timeline

#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #systemchange 
 A female Belted Kingfisher hanging out at the "big pond" at the Marine Nature Study Area, yesterday. 

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #birding #birdphotography

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 The day before the dregs of Ophelia rolled in, this moulting juvenile Green Heron was still around in NY. Not long before they migrate. The adults may have already gone to their wintering grounds.
#nature
#NaturePhotography
#birds
#Wildlife
#naturecommunity
#photography
#birding
#birdphotography
#heron

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 Raven antics on the Pt. Lookout water tower (not solipsism -- they have a partner nearby ).

Big birds, this was at 122 yards distance (500 mm zoom).

💕 :crow_head: 

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography  #birding #birdphotography #corvid

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 Rosie's still around...

Seems to be having a disagreement with the cormorant below, perhaps over the roosting or fishing spot. The Spoonbill -- a juvenile --  may be getting hungry, too, with few shallow-water, wading areas in this pond. Rosie doesn't seem to forage elsewhere like the cormorants and egrets, but ranges around the pond.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birdphotography

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 Forgot, today is #Wrensday. 
#birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #MastodonNatureCommunity #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birding #aves #fotografia

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 Another view of the same Great Crested Flycatcher posted a few mins ago. Decided to post this separately for esthetic reasons...

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birdphotography #GreatCrestedFlycatcher

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 This is interesting: not a Great Egret, nor a Snowy Egret, but a juvenile Little Blue Heron. Young Little Blues are white, developing a blotchy pattern in their second year before becoming the dark blue-gray of the adults. Since they frequently associate with Snowy Egrets, it has been hypothesized that this may be a form of mimicry. I saw lots of these when I lived in Antigua, but they rarely appear in NY, The farthest north you find them in numbers are some places in New Jersey. This one was in the same pond as our visiting Roseate Spoonbill and may have found its way there as a result of the same presumptive factor: Hurricane Idalia.
#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birdphotography

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 The American Redstart is a Setophaga warbler that acts like a flycatcher, sallying forth from its perch to catch flying insects, also capturing its prey on foliage and branches. We're getting a lot of Redstarts, this fall migration. 

The species declined by ~1.1% per year between 1966 and 2017 in the U.S., but increased in Canada, according to All About Birds. 

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birdphotography #warbler

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 Ruby-throated Hummer
This one's a juvie male which hasn't yet developed its bright red iridescent throat plumage.

#nature #NaturePhotography #birds #Wildlife #naturecommunity #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #birding #birdphotography #hummingbird #colibrí

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