Audubon Birds of America

Press

Check out the media coverage of Bowdoin’s copy of Audubon’s double-elephant folio Birds of America and Special Collections & Archives’ monthly page-turning events:

Explore additional resources on Audubon, Birds of America, and birding in Maine:

  • Check out Bowdoin College Library’s holdings related to John James Audubon.
  • Maine Audubon is the state’s oldest and largest wildlife conservation organization.
  • Merrymeeting Bay Audubon is a chapter of Maine Audubon.
  • Schoodic Institute is Acadia National Park’s primary partner in science and education.
  • Annual Acadia Birding Festival.
  • Maine Birding Field Notes includes trip reports, essays, rare bird reports adn more from Derek Lovitch’s and Freeeport Wild Bird Supply’s birding in Maine and beyond.
  • Bird Dad Podcast is written, produced, and created by birder Ian Carlsen.
  • The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to create murals of climate-threatened birds throughout John James Audubon’s old Harlem‐based neighborhood in New York City.
  • The Birdist is a website about birding by Nick Lund.
  • The Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor, Maine is dedicated to bird carving art and community engagement with nature.
  • The Center for Wildlife is a non-profit focusing on conservation medicine, environmental education, community empowerment, and advocacy, located in Cape Neddick, Maine.
  • Siesta Sanctuary is parrot rescue and exotic bird sanctuary in Harmony, Maine.
  • The Birds of Shakespeare project is a growing, accessible guide to the rich intersection between Shakespeare and ornithology by artist Missy Dunaway.
  • The Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project is a multifaceted research effort working to coordinate nightjar research in Maine. This project is comprised of both community science, road-based monitoring and comprehensive research efforts focused on nightjar breeding and movement biology. 
  • BirdSafe Maine is a statewide collaboration to raise awareness about the bird-window collision problem and encourage adoption of available solutions, through research, policy, design solutions, and education.