{"id":7052,"date":"2018-10-25T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T14:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:49","slug":"lauren-hepburn-reports-study-of-ottawa-neighbourhood-satisfaction-relevant-to-bird-species-in-the-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2018\/lauren-hepburn-reports-study-of-ottawa-neighbourhood-satisfaction-relevant-to-bird-species-in-the-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Hepburn studies Ottawa neighbourhood satisfaction relevant to bird species in the area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Lauren Hepburn studies Ottawa neighbourhood satisfaction relevant to bird species in the area\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Lauren-Hepburn.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising that people who live in more prosperous neighbourhoods are more likely to report feeling happy about their lives. Or that people who live in leafy communities or close to water are more likely to feel satisfied about where they live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Lauren Hepburn, a graduate student in biology at Carleton University, also found that people who live in Ottawa neighbourhoods were there is a \u201crichness\u201d of bird species are also more likely to give their communities high marks for satisfaction \u2014 even if it\u2019s not an affluent neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/the-bluebird-of-happiness-and-the-chickadee-the-goldfinch-the-cardinal\">full article<\/a> in Ottawa Citizen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not surprising that people who live in more prosperous neighbourhoods are more likely to report feeling happy about their lives. Or that people who live in leafy communities or close to water are more likely to feel satisfied about where they live. 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