A bit of cuteness to brighten your day: Wisconsin sandhill cranes adopt Canada goose gosling

In today's stressful times, everyone can use a little bit of cuteness to brighten their day.

In Madison, Wisconsin, a family of sandhill cranes adopted a Canada goose gosling. Cynthia Carlson recorded the family of four on her YouTube channel. The same video is embedded below (warning: viewers may experience cuteness overload!). WKOW covered the story of the found family, which can be found on YouTube via this link.

An update from the International Crane Foundation's Facebook page features a photo of the family, with the gosling and the sandhill crane colt, now both gangly teenagers, posing next to their proud parents.

Thanks for reading, and I hope everyone has a great day! 

WHSLA Wind-down Wednesday

While tallying the results of the recent WHSLA Professional Development Survey, our Professional Development Coordinator Dora Davis noticed a major trend.  Most respondents were interested in mindfulness and resilience resources.  So we're going to try sharing these resources as a regular blog feature.  Here's what we have for April:

Nurture Your Resilience: Bouncing Back from Difficult Times from the NIH News in Health monthly newsletter.

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle book recommendation from WHSLA members Annie Lipski and Jennifer Deal. 

Finally, take forty seconds out of your day to watch the Milwaukee County Zoo's river otter pups learn how to swim:

                                                                   THEY CHIRP!!!!!