Mingling in the Morning Read More... Carolina Parakeets, Ohio Valley, Before the 20th Century A quote from Alexander Wilson 1766 – 1813, a famous ornithologist, described in his journals an ordinary day in the life of Carolina Parakeets. He said they could often be...
Give and Take Read More... Fort Ancient Indian Hunters, Ohio Valley, 17th Century Nature is a continuous cycle of life and death. For millennia, living things, great or small, consume other living things, taking what nature has to offer for its sustenance. But when it...
Thundering Wings Across the Sky Read More... John James Audubon and Passenger Pigeons, Ohio River Valley, 1813 In the fall of 1813, somewhere between Henderson and Louisville, Kentucky, Audubon encountered a massive flock of passenger pigeons flying overhead. Numbered...
Lucy Audubon “A Letter from John” Read More... A Tribute to an Extraordinary Woman Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1787-1874) was the wife of John James Audubon the famous ornithologist, naturalist and artist whose great life’s work and legacy was the creation of the historic...
The Gathering Read More... Fort Ancient Culture, Ohio Valley (AD 1000 – AD 1650) Centuries ago, when beavers were plentiful, natural ponds and wetlands would have been a more common sight in the Ohio River Valley. Carolina parakeets, the only parakeets native to the...
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