Since May 2020, Alan Rawle and his wife Wendy have been following the behaviors and activities of a pair of Sandhill Cranes in Hardwick, Massachusetts. In this Athol Bird & Nature Club program on March 12, Alan will describe successful and unsuccessful nestlings documented over that period along with additional information from 2019. The talk will first provide a background to the history of Sandhill Cranes in New England, noting the increased numbers in the region since about 2000, and then focus on detailed observations of the pair of cranes that they’ve been fortunate to encounter over a 4-year period.
Alan has diligently pieced together the timescales and locations of the crane family–2 adults and 2 young/juveniles (colts). The presentation will include pictures of cranes eating, walking, flying, bathing, and “at play”, together with other pertinent and relevant information. To register for the zoom webinar. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vhNt_dXTTKCqOoKlrtQYdA This virtual program will not be recorded.
