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Remembering "The Bird of the Century," a Half-Century Later
In March of 1975, an extremely rare Ross's Gull was confirmed for the first time in the Lower 48. The sighting and the frenzy ...
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Collections: Birds of a Feather
Audubon’s Birds of America is considered one of the most important art and natural history works ever created. Charles Deering, a Northwestern benefactor, naturalist and art patron, gave the ...
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John James Audubon
Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ... Today, the artist’s works are held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of ...
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Audubon Miami Valley emphasizes community outreach and awareness
Marlene Hoffman found her passion in bird watching and carried it over to her organization. Now president of Audubon Miami ...
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Art: Porcelain Birds
Some ten years ago, she was inspired by John James Audubon’s Birds of America, is now England’s only fashioner in porcelain of the birds of the U.S. Artist Doughty’s porcelain birds are as ...
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A Sweeping New Report Shows U.S. Birds Declining Sharply Across a Range of Habitats
Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in ...
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What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts
This winter marks the 125th year of Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, in which bird nerds across the Western Hemisphere venture outside to record all the birds they see and hear. Scientists use that ...