National Audubon Society
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The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservancy. Incorporated in 1905, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. It is named in honor of John James Audubon, a Franco-American ornithologist and naturalist who painted, catalogued, and described the Birds of North America.
The society publishes an illustrated magazine, Audubon, on nature. It has many local chapters which often organize birdwatching field trips and conservation-related activities. It also coordinates the Christmas Bird Counts in the U.S., an example of citizen science.
Its main offices are in New York and Washington, DC, and has other state offices in about thirty states. It also owns and operates a number of nature centers open to the public, located at bird refuges and other natural areas, as part of its missions to educate the public about birds and to preserve avian and other habitat.
It owns the Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary.
[edit] Reference in Popular Culture
The Audubon Society is mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" written by the famous satirist Tom Lehrer.
[edit] Bibliography
- Frank Graham, Jr., The Audubon Ark: A History of the National Audubon Society (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990) ISBN 0-394-58164-4
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