Audubon

[aw-duh-bon, -buhn]

noun

1. John James, 1785–1851, U.S. naturalist who painted and wrote about the birds of North America.

Audubon

/ ˈɔːdəˌbɒn /

noun

1. John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)

Audubon

1. American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827–1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.

Example Sentences

“If Audubon draws stuffed birds, I draw stuffed birds.”

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Jennifer Pitt, director of the National Audubon Society’s Colorado River program, said the states’ representatives are in effect saying “they’re committed to continuing to work together, but they don’t have anything yet.”

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In a recent online talk, Travis Longcore, an environmental scientist and former president of the Los Angeles Audubon Society, laid out a detailed online analysis of the proposed regulations.

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The group Audubon California has announced that it will receive a $5.2-million grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board to support a 564-acre wetland habitat project on that part of the lakeshore.

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Jasmin McGregor, a social worker at Audubon Middle School who shared her story in a video shown at Tuesday’s board meeting, struggled after she had a baby last May.

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