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Virginia's avatar

AS IT HAPPENS. I am coming off a long stretch of overwork in which I had not done my regular Sunday time-sampling of my yard birds in... months. Today was the day I was going to start back, but haven't been outside all day. Because--wait for it--I'm working.

I'm headed out now.

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Rebecca K. O'Connor's avatar

Let me know who you've got there!

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Virginia's avatar

Oh it's super quiet here this time of year, and I was out at the quietest time of day to boot. So almost nobody, not even my regulars.

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Every week when I upload the new module to my online Intro to Psych classes I include a Stressbuster: It's a tradition I started when the University closed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and just kept up because, well, stress.

The odd module doesn't already have one, for one reason or another, and this week's fell into that category. So I reached back to this thread and copped your 10-minute bird-listening exercise and shared it with students. I've asked them to let you know how it turns out.

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Rebecca K. O'Connor's avatar

That is absolutely wonderful!! I'll be very interested to hear how it works for your students!!

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