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Another successful Alabama Coastal BirdFest has come and gone.

                                                                     

Thank you to everyone who visited—those from just down the street or a few hours away and those from as far away as New York, Ontario, California, Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

 

Thanks to our generous sponsors and supporters and to everyone who brought a booth or exhibit to the Bird & Conservation Expo. Thanks to all our volunteers and to our most excellent guides!

 

We’ll see you next year for the 9th Annual

John L. Borom Alabama Coastal BirdFest,

Oct. 4-6, 2012

 

See photos from this year’s BirdFest (and post your own if you attended) on our flickr page at www.flickr.com/groups/1741838@N25/

 

 

 

Still have birds on your mind? Check out the new Audubon Exhibit at Mobile Museum of Art – Oct. 14, 2011 through Jan. 28, 2012.

 

After a sneak preview for BirdFest visitors, the exhibit “John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist” opens to the public on October 14, said Eric Gallichant, public information officer for the Mobile Museum of Art. “The name John James Audubon (1785-1851) is synonymous with the study and reservation of American wildlife. His artistic masterpiece, The Birds of America folio, and his lifetime of written journals stand as an unsurpassed contribution to the world of fine art, natural science, American history, and literature.”

 

Audubon’s life and development as an artist are chronicled in this exhibition, which features 51 “Double Elephant” folio-sized, hand-colored engravings from his masterwork, The Birds of America, printed in England between 1826 and 1838, Gallichant says. “In addition, visitors will see other originals by Audubon, including oil paintings, a drawing and watercolors with his field notes. Works by Audubon’s contemporaries, original letters, documents, personal items, rare books, and photographs will also be on display, drawn from the collection of the John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky.”

 

The Audubon exhibit is open to the public from Oct. 14 through January 8, 2012. The museum is located at 4850 Museum Drive in Mobile. For more information on the exhibit or the museum, call (251) 208-5200 or visit www.MobileMuseumofArt.com.

 

 

 

 

Special Sneak Preview for BirdFest Registrants!

New Audubon Exhibit at Mobile Museum of Art

 

Visitors to this year’s Alabama Coastal BirdFest may enjoy a special preview of the exhibit “John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist” at the Mobile Museum of Art, said Eric Gallichant, public information officer for the museum. “We are making this a special opportunity available just for BirdFest visitors between Wednesday, October 5 and Sunday October 9. This will give them full access to the Museum’s permanent collection and other traveling exhibitions along with special entry into the Audubon exhibition which won’t be open to the public until Oct. 14.”

 

 

 

During the sneak preview, BirdFest visitors may tour the museum for half-off the regular admission price by showing their BirdFest confirmation letter, printed itinerary, or name badge, said BirdFest ‘nestkeeper’ Fran Morley. “That means our guests will get to preview the Audubon exhibit and tour the museum’s other exhibits for just $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, or $3 for students. We really appreciate the Mobile Museum of Art bringing this exhibit to Mobile and sharing it with our visitors in this way.”

 

The name John James Audubon (1785-1851) is synonymous with the study and reservation of American wildlife, said Gallichant. “His artistic masterpiece, The Birds of America folio, and his lifetime of written journals stand as an unsurpassed contribution to the world of fine art, natural science, American history, and literature.

 

Audubon’s life and development as an artist are chronicled in this exhibition, which features 51 “Double Elephant” folio-sized, hand-colored engravings from his masterwork, The Birds of America, printed in England between 1826 and 1838. In addition, visitors will see other originals by Audubon, including oil paintings, a drawing and watercolors with his field notes.” Works by Audubon’s contemporaries, original letters, documents, personal items, rare books, and photographs will also be on display, drawn from the collection of the John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky.

 

The Audubon exhibit is open to the public from Oct. 14 through January 8, 2012. The museum is located at 4850 Museum Drive in Mobile. For more information on the exhibit or the museum, call (251) 208-5200 or visit www.MobileMuseumofArt.com.

 

 

 

 

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Adult Breeding Plumage

Ready to defend its nest and territory, the Reddish Egret
expands its shaggy, rufous plumes.


 

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