The John James Audubon Center is the perfect place for bird aficionados to learn more of the many winged creatures that live among us and about the man who spent his life documenting them, reports Todd Haas for 6abc.
The Audubon Center includes a museum that offers many interactive features that help people learn about birds, their habitat, and their habits.
John James Audubon was born in Haiti and moved to France with his father when he was a young boy. When war broke out in Europe, his father sent him to the United States to live on the property that is now home to the center.
He “spent most of his time on the property walking through the woods, looking at birds, making observations about birds,” said Marcy Engleman, Senior Coordinator of Conservation Education at John James Audubon Center.
The center is home to a number of rehabilitated birds that were injured and can not be released back into the wild.
“We also do a lot of conservation on site,” said Engleman. “The goal of the National Audubon Society is to care for birds in the places that they live.”
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