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The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
The National Audubon Society (Audubon; / ˈ ɔː d ə b ɒ n /) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world.
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America.
Explore more than 800 North American bird species, learn about their lives and habitats, and how climate change is impacting their ability to survive.
Our Canada program is a key part of Audubon’s total-flyway conservation vision that uses applied science to ensure that bird conservation efforts are initiated at the places and at the scales necessary to protect birds throughout their full lifecycles.
The Bird Migration Explorer is your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.
With our birding-by-ear series you can learn how to better ID birds through their vocalizations. Pt. 1: Start Listening for Songs and Calls. Pt. 2: Learn the Most Common Kinds of Sounds. Pt. 3: Connect Noises With Pictures That Stick. Pt. 4: Grow Familiar With Neighborhood Voices. Pt. 5: “Read” Sounds on Spectrograms.
Jun 11, 2024 · John James Audubon, detail of a portrait by his sons John and Victor, late 1840s; in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. (more) The illegitimate son of a French merchant, planter, and slave trader and a Creole woman of Saint-Domingue, Audubon and his illegitimate half sister (who was also born in the West Indies) were legalized by ...
Jan 20, 2022 · John James Audubon was a self-taught ornithologist and artist. The Birds of America, Audubon's collection of lifelike drawings, was a feat of artistry, technical skill and determination.
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth. Learn More. Coastal Leadership Program's Inaugural Cohort.
