Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

It's with a heavy heart that we share that our resident American Crow, Lenny, recently passed away due to natural, age-related factors.

If you've visited the Klingsberg Aviary, you no doubt know Lenny. Described by Joe Whitehead, our Aviary Coordinator, as a "piano-playing, plastic-can-recycling, connect-four-winning, puzzle-solving little showman," Lenny knew how to make an impression.🐦‍⬛

You might remember entering the Aviary to a flurry of excited "caws" as Lenny spotted a new potential friend across the quad. And you may remember leaving the Aviary with a new spark of fascination for a species you once paid little mind to - a species that some still consider a nuisance.

"This was Lenny's mission," Joe writes in Lenny's memorial blog, "to help people find beauty and value in urban wildlife, to advocate for sustainable co-existence and sharing of space, to teach people that there is still room for wildlife."

Lenny touched so many lives, young and old, and inspired new ways of living and being with nature in today's modern world. His legacy will long live on in the Klingsberg Aviary and in the lives of those who connected with him so deeply.

Read more about what Lenny meant to his caretakers and how he helped to re-envision the Shaver's Creek wildlife program at our recent blog post "Remembering Lenny", linked below.

🖤 In a celebration of Lenny's impact at Shaver's Creek, we invite you to share your own memories and connections with Lenny in our comments and our Instagram stories. Stay tuned later this week for more ways to honor Lenny's legacy with us.

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