John Jay Audubon

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John Jay Audubon

• Born in Saint Domingue (now Haiti) April 26,
  1785, and died January 27,1851.
• His occupation was a Naturalist, painter , and
  ornithologist.
• He was notable for his expansive studies to
  document all types of American birds and for his
  detailed illustration that depicted the birds in
  their natural habitat.

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Contributions

• John Audubon explored the United States and
  identified 25 species of birds. While exploring
  he continued to draw birds as a hobby. His famous
  portfolio was called Birds of America. It
  contained 435 life size prints of birds that he
  drew.
• John Audubon focused on birds habitat as well as
  the species of the bird. Todays studies are very
  similar to how John studied birds, but we have
  more technology that allows us to go farther and
  deeper into the middle of the land to find more
  species.

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• John Jay Audubon fits into our AP environmental
  Science class because he tries to understand and
  learn about species habitats. He also tries to
  learn about the destruction of habitats that
  birds face.