Hello, I'm the OUTDOOR PROFESSOR from DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/ Here's your outdoor tip on John James Audubon. Birds and Audubon—the two words are often connected. But who was John James Audubon? In memory of John Audubon and his commitment to birds, George Bird Grinnell founded the Audubon Society in the late 1800’s after the death of John James Audubon. Today, the Audubon Society has more than 450 local chapters and 600,000 members. Its main focus is on the study and preservation of birds. So what did Audubon have to do with birds? In summary, he was an American artist living from 1785 to 1851 who drew birds, mammals, plants and other elements of nature. He was born in Haiti with a father that was a French sea captain and had a creole mother. Audubon informally studied art in France and then settled in Pennsylvania in the United States in 1803 at his father’s farm to escape conscription into Napoleon's army. He failed in early businesses trying to support his family ending
