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April 26 Birthday: John J. Audubon

by Anne on April 26, 2009

John J. Audubon, artist and naturalist

Apr. 26, 1785-Jan. 27, 1851

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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies, illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)

An astute observer of birds by 18, Audubon continued studying them and became “the greatest painter of birds of all time.”

The Audubon Society posts a biography of their namesake on their site.

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