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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“If someone lost 142 flamingos, they would notice,” said Jerry Lorenz, a retired research director at Audubon Florida.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Vulture populations are booming across the U.S., according to Hannah Partridge, who works for the National Audubon Society and studied vultures for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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

The great horned owl is considered the largest owl in North America, according to the Santa Barbara Audubon Society.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025

A very rare white Bengal tiger, with icy-blue eyeballs, crept out from behind a wall of bookshelves and stalked into the open area where Audubon sat painting his bird portrait.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein