* April 26 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator ( d. 1851 )

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St. Francisville is currently a popular tourism destination with a number of restored historic plantations open daily for tours, including Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, Audubon State Historic Site, Butler Greenwood Plantation, The Myrtles, The Cottage Plantation and Greenwood Plantation, as well as several antebellum gardens.

It was based on Claude Rozier's buying half of Jean Audubon ’ s share of a plantation in Haiti, and lending money to the partnership as secured by half interest in lead mining at Audubon's property of Mill Grove.

He traveled with the family's Quaker lawyer to the Audubon family farm Mill Grove.

Deeming the mining venture too risky, with his father's approval Audubon sold part of the Mill Grove farm, including the house and mine.

* The homestead Mill Grove in Audubon, PA is open to the public and contains a museum presenting all his major works, including Birds of America.

Present-day Audubon was christened in 1899 in honor of early-19th century resident John James Audubon, who resided at Mill Grove, located at the intersection of Audubon and Pawlings roads.

Mill Grove: Built in 1762 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Mill Grove was the first American home of the renowned artist, author and naturalist John James Audubon.

Several years later, discouraged by disputes with partners and the failure of the lead mine on the property, Audubon sold Mill Grove and moved to Kentucky to seek his fortune as a frontier merchant.

In April 2003 the National Audubon Society and Montgomery County signed an agreement creating the Mill Grove Audubon Center.

The trail, developed on a former railroad bed, follows Perkiomen Creek and connects three county parks ( Lower Perkiomen Valley Park, Central Perkiomen Valley Park, and Green Lane Park ) and two county historic sites ( Mill Grove at Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary and Pennypacker Mills ).

Mill Grove, the first home in America of painter John James Audubon for which the community of Audubon, Pennsylvania is named, is maintained as a museum and wildlife sanctuary by Montgomery County.

Brayton is a city in Audubon County, Iowa, United States, along the East Nishnabotna River.

Gray is a city in Audubon County, Iowa, United States, along the East Branch of the West Nishnabotna River.

Neighborhoods were: Audubon, Weaverton, Audubon Heights ; segments of Audubon and Weaverton were sometimes referred to as the " East End ".

In 2011, Audubon created a new model for positioning energy transmissions lines along the East Coast to help preserve bird and wildlife habitat.

While it is considered one neighborhood for administrative purposes, it is composed of numerous distinct sections ( East Fenway, West Fenway, Audubon Circle, Kenmore Square ) that, in casual conversation, are almost always referred to as " Fenway ," " Kenmore Square ," or " Kenmore.

The college has four campuses: at Audubon Terrace in Washington Heights, Manhattan ; in North Williamsburg, Brooklyn ; in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn ; and in the Bronx.

East Point Sanctuary, maintained by the Maine Audubon Society, is considered to be one of the premier birding spots on the northeast coast.

* East Point Sanctuary -- Maine Audubon Society

Throughout the Academy ’ s history, 10, 000 fellows have been elected, including such notables as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John James Audubon, Joseph Henry, Washington Irving, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Willa Cather, T. S. Eliot, Edward R. Murrow, Jonas Salk, Eudora Welty, and Duke Ellington.

In the mid-1800s, John James Audubon and his sons included a lithograph of the chipmunk in their Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, calling it the " Chipping Squirrel Hackee.

During the 1830s, Audubon continued making expeditions in North America.

Adventurous individuals such as John James Audubon and Constantine Samuel Rafinesque figure in the faunal documentation of North America.

The community is surrounded by Banning State Park, has a connection to the Munger Bicycle Trail and is home to the Audubon Center of the North Woods, a residential environmental education and conference facility that offers programs for schools, adults, colleges, and retreats.

The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

* Two National Wildlife Refuges ( Minnesota's Tamarac and North Dakota's Audubon )

* Terres, John K. & National Audubon Society ( NAS ) ( 1991 ): The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

* Terres, John K. ( 1980 ) The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

* Terres, John K. & National Audubon Society ( 1991 ): The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

* ( 1991 ): The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds.

The species was not encountered during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, nor was it seen by Nuttall or Townsend, and it was not until it was first described in Audubon and Bachman's Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America in 1851 that it became known to the scientific world.

* Little, Elbert L. The Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Trees-Western Region.

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils ( New York: Alfred A. Knopf ), 846 pages.

* Lorus J. Milne, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders ( Audubon Society Field Guide ) ( Turtleback )( 1980 ) Knopf.

* Bull, John L .; Farrand, John Jr .; Rayfield, Susan & National Audubon Society ( 1977 ): The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds, Eastern Region.

* Bull, John L .; Farrand, John Jr .; Rayfield, Susan & National Audubon Society ( 1977 ): The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds, Eastern Region.

* Bull, John L .; Farrand, John Jr .; Rayfield, Susan & National Audubon Society ( 1977 ): The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds, Eastern Region.

* Terres, J. K., 1982, The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds, New York: Alfred A. Knopf.