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4 days ago · “The Birds that Audubon Missed,” details the life of John James Audubon and his role as both an artist and scientist chronicling the bird life of early America.
3 days ago · Last updated July 14, 2024. Please post updates for the following on eBird (providing the specific location where the bird was seen is always appreciated) or on either of our Bird Boards ( website and Facebook ):
4 days ago · A passerine ( / ˈpæsəraɪn /) is any bird of the order Passeriformes ( / ˈpæsərɪfɔːrmiːz /; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.
5 days ago · Word Family. rara avis. the "rara avis" family. a rare or unique person.
5 days ago · John James Audubon State Park is located just south of the Ohio river in western Kentucky. The park preserves the peaceful woods where John James Audubon walked as he studied the subjects of his paintings. The park is highlighted by the John James Audubon Museum and Nature Center.
1 day ago · Systema Naturae. In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus described 554 species of bird and gave each a binomial name . Linnaeus had first included birds in the 6th edition of his Systema Naturae, which was published in 1748. In it he listed 260 species arranged into 51 genera, in turn ...
5 days ago · paulrush. When the White Star Liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on a starlit evening in the North Atlantic Isidor Straus and his wife Ida had turned in for the night. Commotion in the...
