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Audubon, borough (1990 pop. 9,205), Camden co., SW N.J., a suburb of Camden; inc. 1905. Audubon is mostly residential. It was named after John James Audubon Audubon, John James , 1785–1851, American ornithologist, b. Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti). The illegitimate son of a French sea captain and plantation owner and a Creole chambermaid who died months after his birth, he was educated in France and in 1803
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, the ornithologist, who studied the birds of the area in 1829.
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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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Written for general readers who are focused on environmental issues, this volume offers a thoughtful biography on Audobon that explains his connection to Canada, his publication history, his painting techniques and even a critique of his body of work.
I did not believe her, but it turns out her account of the strange urban bird call is actually a northern mocking bird adapting to New York City life, said Haley Main, the environmental educator of the Audobon Society’s "For the Birds
Our cultural institutional practice is increasing, with the design of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, a new Audobon Center in Oyster Bay Cove and the recently completed Griffis Faculty Club at the Weill Cornell Medical Center.
 
 
 
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