{"id":3892,"date":"2020-05-15T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2020-05-15T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:30:10","slug":"same-place-new-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/same-place-new-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Same place, new views"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3892\" class=\"elementor elementor-3892\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44e6ee8 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44e6ee8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e81a4e2\" data-id=\"e81a4e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cd8fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73cd8fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3894\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views.png 1920w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-300x34.png 300w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-1024x117.png 1024w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-768x88.png 768w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-1536x176.png 1536w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-830x95.png 830w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-230x26.png 230w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-350x40.png 350w, http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Same-place-new-views-480x55.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35332ae9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35332ae9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6acfe38a\" data-id=\"6acfe38a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-066e2d5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"066e2d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a397c7d\" data-id=\"a397c7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0530b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a0530b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been as aware of the birds around my house as I have these past two months, when I\u2019ve had a front-row seat at each of the many windows. I\u2019ve seen new things in old places, and old things in a new way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Via text my aunt identified for me the song sparrow building a nest in the evergreen right outside my home office window. \u201cI see the black dot on the chest,\u201d she said. My aunt saw a detail. I saw a bird who was diligent in building a very protected nest\u2014so protected that I can\u2019t tell if there are any eggs\u2014though there are plenty of grasses streaming from the unseen nest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I now know what an Eastern Phoebe is. It keeps trying to bust all of my windows. Very persistent.<\/li>\n<li>The red-headed woodpecker by the start of our street stuns me every time with its clean lines between red, white, and black feathers. What detail!<\/li>\n<li>Mama robin has been a favorite. As I watched her nest on a wet and windy day I saw one, then two, and the next day three little blue eggs\u2014the kind that as a kid I\u2019d always look for pieces of under trees. Mama robin\u2019s eggs mean promise to me. And the babies, still so scrawny\u2014they demonstrate trust.<\/li>\n<li>Then I\u2019ve decided to bring one bird to me consistently. Hummingbirds. I saw one looking for food, but my fuchsia peonies haven\u2019t quite bloomed. So I dissolved sugar in water (1:4 ratio) and set up the feeder yesterday. This bird interaction means purpose and intentionality to me.<\/li>\n<li>A bonus\u2014my hummingbird feeder hasn\u2019t even been up 24 hours, but the wrought iron shepherd\u2019s crook has already been a perfect resting place for the song sparrow and at least one purple finch. Could we call this networking?<\/li>\n<li>Sure there are cardinals and blue jays and black-capped chickadees and titmice. And don\u2019t get me started on the 11 goslings my mother-in-law stopped to count on the nearby lake. They\u2019re growing so fast!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Basically, I\u2019ve always had a hard time identifying and remembering bird species. This time, sitting still and watching, even doing research and some social media networking, I think I\u2019ve invested enough in wanting to know about my visitors that I\u2019ll remember them this time. We have a new relationship now that I\u2019ve given them more attention than a passing glance or a hello or a \u201cwhat\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean for the fall, or whenever I\u2019m back in my office? Will I find time to stop and look at my colleagues in the new ways I\u2019ve been seeing these birds? Will I see qualities I hadn\u2019t noticed before? Will I stop to appreciate them?<\/p>\n<p>What if when I\u2019m back in the classroom, or working with my writing tutor staff, I see these individuals anew as well\u2014each individual expression of feathers and chirps and wobbles\u2014a gift of sorts?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to it. Meanwhile, I\u2019m going to keep birdwatching. 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