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NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoThe conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance...
New York City Audubon changes name over racist past
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoThe New York City Audubon organization has officially changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the history of John James Audubon,...
Midwestern chapters of National Audubon Society drop ‘Audubon’ name, citing racist views of...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 months agoThree Midwestern chapters of the National Audubon Society, a nonprofit bird conservation group, are...
Does birding need a racial reckoning?
Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Cooper's Hawk in Action (J.S. Fisher/Shutterstock) What’s happening Last week, the American Ornithological Society said it would change the name of any...
Why dozens of North American bird species are getting new names: Every name tells a story
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoBirders participate in the Christmas Bird Count on Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C.,...
A Beginner’s Guide to Birding
Country Living via Yahoo Style Singapore· 3 months agoHow Birding Officially Became Cool If it seems like more people have become bird-watchers lately (even Reese Witherspoon has taken it up), there’s a...
Former Audubon group changes name to ‘Bird Alliance of Oregon’
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoPortland Audubon has changed its name to the “Bird Alliance of Oregon,” in the latest example of a local chapter to do so because of John James Audubon’s views on slavery and his desecration ...
Ornithological society to rename dozens of birds — and stop naming them after people
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 months agoBirds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society...
My Whole Family — From 8 to 65 — Loved This Historic Michigan Hotel, Set on a Car-free Island
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo Style Singapore· 1 week agoThe Grand Hotel Mackinac Island is one of America’s oldest resorts. Courtesy of Grand Hotel As soon...
Most birds avoid hurricanes. This species chases them, scientists say.
Washington Post via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoA rare seabird that lives on an uninhabited Atlantic Ocean island has an unusual response to...