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unusual facts about Audubon Society



Allen J. Ellender

Early in his tenure, the Audubon Society, with an interest in the ivory-billed woodpecker, which faced extinction, persuaded Ellender to work for the establishment of the proposed Tensas Swamp National Park to preserve bird habitat: 60,000 acres of land owned by the Singer Sewing Company in Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana.

Field guide

Specialist publishers such as Croom Helm, along with organisations like the Audubon Society, the RSPB, the Field Studies Council, National Geographic, HarperCollins, and many others all produce quality field guides.

Liberty Mills, Indiana

Although of small size, Liberty Mills is home to several nature preserves controlled by the Tippecanoe Audubon Society, the local chapter of the national Audubon Society, an Izaak Walton League club ground, and a public access site.

Maria Martin

The U.S. Audubon Society named a variety of the Hairy Woodpecker (Picus martinae) Maria's Woodpecker, in honor of her.


see also

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.