What would it have been like to go out on a walk or hike with John James Audubon (1785-1851) ? For one, the North American landscape that Audubon experienced and documented is drastically different than what can be seen today. And then, according to the counts that Audubon reported, there are the astounding numbers of birds that were here and are now gone. There also would have been little in the way of books or guides to assist with bird identification. John James Audubon went about rectifying this by producing the first edition of Birds of America only for it to become one of the most valuable books ever published.
Birdwatching With John James Audubon
