bits and bobs

20200523

Choose Life Project のYouTubeライブ聞いた。そう、わたしは小さくても無力じゃないもんね。

Small, but not powerless.

ニューヨーク州のマスク着用プロモ動画コンテスト。

https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/wear-mask-new-york-ad-contest-cast-your-vote

Conundrum なぞ謎

And in a contest between the bald eagle, America’s national bird, and a common loon, which is featured on Canada’s dollar coin, few would bet on the latter to come out the victor.

Common loon ハシグロアビ

But sometimes the underdog comes out on top, as was revealed when an eagle was found dead in the water near a dead loon chick in a Maine lake.

弱者

Baby loons are common prey for eagles, which are fearsome hunters.

捕食 恐ろしい

But after seeing a dead baby loon chick so near the carcass, scientists began to wonder if the eagle could have been killed by an enraged mother loon in an avian equivalent of David and Goliath.

死体

Canada v US: Loon stabs eagle through heart https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52779727

Trump accuses Obama of being ‘grossly incompetent’ after his coronavirus criticism

無能 inept

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/17/donald-trump-barack-obama-coronavirus-criticism