Crow Patrol: Boys/Girls Club Lawrence!
Just in....a wonderful reminder from Karen Krawchuk, who serves as the Director of Education at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. The club is located at 136 Water Street, Lawrence, MA. They are getting ready for a big night this coming Thursday! Back in January, Karen connected with an update on plans for the Crow Show. They had their [...]
Crow Patrol: Sylvia and Irene!
On Thursday night, received a nice incoming email from Sylvia in Connecticut. In the email she said she is "a big fan and sometime researcher at the Hartford crow roost, I’m coming up to see your roost and the show at the Essex Art Center tomorrow with a parrot researcher friend. I’ll be taking off from home around 10 am, [...]
Crow Patrol with Crow Researcher & Parrot Whisperer!
Sunset time at 5:25PM under mostly sunny skies, wind NW at 8MPH, temp at 41F Out on Crow Patrol tonight for close to two hours with two delightful visitors, Sylvia and Irene. They are long time friends and fellow avian experts. Sylvia Halkin, is a biology professor and field biologist at Central Conn. State Univ. with a research focus [...]
Crow Patrol: staging in cemetery
In an effort to observe one of the nearby staging areas, stopped by the Immaculate Conception Cemetery complex in Lawrence for about 45 minutes under mostly sunny skies, wind from the NW at 8MPH, and temp at 42F. The cemetery is one of many proximate staging, or pre-roosting locations where the Crows gather in larger numbers prior to movement [...]
Crow Patrol: New TV interview!
Jay Sugarman at New TV extended a very nice invitation to join him and videographer, Dennis Hlynsky for a show about the Essex Art Center and the "Celebrating A Winter Crow Roost" exhibit. NewTV is a non-profit Newton-based organization dedicated to providing the diverse and extended Newton community with a platform for opinions, news and local information not generally available [...]
Crow Patrol: Groundwork Green Team!
Thanks to Matt Morin from Groundwork Lawrence, had a nice opportunity to meet with members of the GWL Green Team at the Essex Art Center this afternoon. It is a great group of inspiring young people with a deep interest in conservation and environmental issues. After providing the Green Team members with an overview, they proceeded out on Crow [...]
Crow Patrol: pre-roosting aggregations!
Clear skies, late day sun, wind W 13MPH, 27F wind chill 16F Out on solo Crow Patrol tonight for short visit 15 minute visit before heading into Boston. The first stop was at Riverfront State Park; observed Crows in very early process of staging in trees along north side of Merrimack River, west of Boys and Girls Club; The [...]
Crow Patrol: dispersal at twilight!
After locating the morning Crows and watching for a while, set up my iPhone on a portable and lightweight MeFoto tripod and activated the time-lapse setting. In light of cold temp at 28F and 16F wind chill, made sure to attach my portable MyCharge phone charger, and let charger attached to iPhone. This time-lapse video captures about [...]
Crow Patrol: twilight, dawn, sunrise!
Crow Patrol report for Thursday morning, Feb. 14, 2019 submitted by Craig Gibson. Cover photo taken with night vision phone app! Sunrise time at 6:43AM under fair skies, wind SW at 15MPH, temp at 28F - wind chill 16F Up and out early this morning to experience twilight dispersal of the Crows from the overnight roost; what an amazing [...]
Crow Patrol: snow squall!
Crow Patrol report for Wednesday night, Feb. 13, 2019 submitted by Craig Gibson. Cover photo taken Riverside State Park over 10 minutes after sunset! Sunset time at 5:13PM under overcast skies, wind W 14MPH, 37F wind chill 28F; snow squall close to 5:30PM Out on Crow Patrol solo tonight; first observations at 4:55PM, made at Bashara Boathouse with loads [...]