Audubon

American  

[aw-duh-bon, -buhn] / ˈɔ dəˌbɒn, -bən /

noun

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

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Audubon British  

/ ˈɔːdəˌbɒn /

noun

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

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Audubon Scientific  

/ ô′də-bŏn′ /

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.

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Audubon

Resistance at first was fierce, since the idea had never been tried and putting puffin chicks at risk seemed antithetical to the Audubon Society’s creed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

There are still challenges, says Don Lyons, director of conservation science for the Audubon Society’s Maine-based Seabird Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

In 1813, in Kentucky, the ornithologist John James Audubon calculated that 300 million birds an hour flew above him, times 24 hours, for three solid days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The scale, materials and labour made the book expensive to produce, so Audubon made an effort to sell copies in advance of printing.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

“Look at the diagonals that Audubon sets up first,” Mr. Powell said.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt