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“Loved this article. Calling attention to nature and to something we can only notice when we are still is so valuable. Thank …”

– Tammy McLeod '13 CERT, Phoenix, responding to Bird Watcher via Northwestern Magazine.

“Can't tell you how much i enjoyed "Birds of Northwestern." Thank you for sending it. Loved being able to imagine campus in my …”

– Jill Adkins '84, Wesley Chapel, Fla., responding to Bird Watcher via Northwestern Magazine.

“I am not sure from the single photo, but I don't think this is a grey-crowned rosy finch but rather an equally rare black rosy …”

– Barry Mink '64, Aspen, Colo., responding to Bird Watcher.

“If you haven’t read it already, Collin, check out “The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession” by Northwestern’s …”

– Mark Blackwell '83, '85 MBA, Chicago, responding to Bird Watcher via Northwestern Magazine.

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– Dona Reese '75, Carbondale, Ill., responding to Lessen Your Stress via Northwestern Magazine.

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  • “A superb article about a critically important activity! Forest bathing is often recommended as an effective stress-reduction therapy — much needed in our tumultuous times — but bird watching is even …”
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