National Audubon Society

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The National Audubon Society is a US non-profit environmental organization. It was founded in 1905 by George Bird Grinnell , a publisher and scientist. The society was named after John James Audubon , a Franco-American ornithologist and naturalist who painted, cataloged and described the birds of North America in his book "Birds of America". Birds of America was published in sections between 1827 and 1838 .

The society emerged from several forerunners, the first of which was founded by the zoologist and conservationist George Bird Grinnell in 1886 and had already been named after Audubon. Grinnell had learned about Audubon's philosophy from his widow Lucy Audubon, who had been a Grinnell teacher. The Audubon Society was deliberately founded as a scientific society with a focus on the protection of birds and thus set itself apart from the already existing American Ornithologists' Union , which proclaimed the hunt for birds in the interest of scientific data collection.

The company publishes an illustrated magazine, Audubon . It has numerous local chapters that organize bird watching trips and conservation activities. In addition, the National Audubon Society coordinates an annual US-wide bird census in December.

The company is based in New York City . Additional offices are maintained in over 30 US states. As part of its mandate to inform the public about birds, their protection and the protection of other habitats, it operates nature conservation centers near, for example, bird sanctuaries.

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