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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

April 26, 2012

April 26, 1785

James Audubon (April 26, 1785 to January 27, 1851) documented American wildlife, and his paintings of birds are famous everywhere. According to one biographer Audubon:

..."wrote that lynx and owls were the great predators of wild turkeys. after of course humans. The lynx, he observed, were "great ambushers." They would notice the direction a flock was moving, then circle around to be in their path ahead of them.

This is recalled in a new biography of the ornithologist, written by William Souder, Under a wild sky: John James Audubon and the making of the Birds of America (2005).

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