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2 unusual facts about Audubon


Audubon, New Jersey

William Siri (1919–2004), co-leader of the first American expedition to successfully climb Mount Everest who served as President of the Sierra Club (1964–1966).

Audubon's Warbler

The Audubon's Warbler (Setophaga auduboni or Setophaga coronata auduboni) is a small New World warbler.


Alan Weisman

His reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Orion, Audubon, Mother Jones, Discover, Condé Nast Traveler, Resurgence, and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Writing 2006.

Antonio Jacobsen

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (November 2, 1850 – February 2, 1921) was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels".

Audubon County Airport

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Audubon County Airport is assigned ADU by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned ADU to Ardabil Airport in Ardabil, Iran).

Audubon Parkway

Named for John James Audubon, an early American naturalist, the Audubon's western terminus is the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway; the eastern terminus is the U.S. 60 bypass.

Bolson tortoise

In the fall of 2006, 26 Bolson Tortoises were translocated from the Audubon Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch in Elgin, Arizona to Ted Turner’s Armendaris Ranch in south-central New Mexico, a Chihuahuan desert environment within the prehistoric range of this species.

Félix Louis L'Herminier

He has several zoological species named after him, including the Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri), the Martinique curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus herminieri), and Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri).

Loren McIntyre

Over the following years McIntyre's photos and articles would appear in more than 500 publications, including Time, Life, Smithsonian, GEO, Audubon, and South American Explorer.

Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Mill Grove, the first home in America of painter John James Audubon for which the community of Audubon, Pennsylvania is named, is maintained as a museum and wildlife sanctuary by Montgomery County.

Maria Martin

During this month long stay, Audubon encouraged Maria to assist with paintings for his Birds of North America book.

Marsel van Oosten

His images are used worldwide in advertising, design, and magazines such as National Geographic, GEO, Audubon and Science Illustrated.

New Hampshire Wildlife Federation

NHWF works very closely with other conservation groups such as the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, New Hampshire Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, NH Timberland Owners Association, and others.

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission

According to a report by the New Jersey Audubon Society, the Meadowlands is a major part of the Atlantic Flyway migration route.

Oliver O'Connor Barrett

In 1942 he exhibited at the New Orleans Art Center, in 1945 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in 1946, 1948 and 1950 at Audubon Artists.

Pete Dunne

He is also the founder of the World Series of Birding, as well as the current director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Vice President of Natural History for the New Jersey Audubon Society, and publisher of New Jersey Audubon magazine.

Ron Forman

The Institute runs not only the Audubon Zoo, but also Audubon Park, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the newest Audubon Insectarium housed in the U.S. Custom House Federal Building on Canal St.

Sandhill Crane

This breeding flock is divided between the Audubon Institute's Species Survival Center and White Oak Conservation in Yulee, Florida.

Thomas Stewart Traill

Audubon named the Traill's Flycatcher after him, which at one time referred to a species which included both the Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) and the Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum).

Tiburón Golf Club

Tiburon is designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by Audubon International.

William Home Lizars

Lizars encountered J. J. Audubon in Edinburgh in October 1826, introduced (on Audubon's account) with his portfolio by the naturalists Patrick Neill and Prideaux John Selby.

Yawgoog Scout Reservation

Camp Sandy Beach campsites are named after famous Americans in history and include the following: Abe Lincoln, Audubon, Backwoods, Davy Crockett, Donald H. Cady, George Washington, Jim Bridger, Jim Bowie, James West, John Glenn, Kit Carson, Lewis & Clark, Neil Armstrong, Norman Rockwell, Richard Byrd, Silver Buffalo, and Teddy Roosevelt.


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