#hoopoe
100 Weird Birds: Day 1
My first weird bird of my 100 Weird Birds project is the African Hoopoe. The Hoopoe consumes small insects, frogs, and berries. It was considered a sacred animal in Ancient Egypt. It is the national bird of Israel.
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Hoope
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 11.11.21
Yesterday’s guest on my doorstep and today’s urban walk after work. Shanghai turned over by autumn - revealing that side where everything happens in hues of black, white and russet.
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It was on a Wednesday morning (June 1, 2016) that the 20-year-old ‘top Israeli terror suspect’, Meir Ettinger, was released from custody after leading the arson attack on the Dawabsheh home in Duma village.
An attack in which the 18-month-old baby was burned alive on his peaceful sleep, while both of his parents died in hospital. As for Ahmad, their 5-year-old son, he spent months in hospital recovering from third degree burns on 70% of his body.
The Israeli terrorist was released chargeless from that day on and what was most ironically symbolic is that he was released on what is known to be “Children’s Day”.
Anyways, the question that lingers on my conscience is: why do we hear of such news only from local media?
It has been remarkable how, since the Holocaust, in particular, the hoopoe – that is to say, the “Israeli national bird” – sings everyone’s pen to sleep. We are living the claimed freedom of speech era, yet whenever it comes to the occupying Israel, the mass media is seen to be taking a nap. No one could ever say anything sensitive or critical about Jews unless they were “anti-Semetic”.
song of a hoopoe
mixed media photography, wax on wood panel © Yuko Ishii
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