**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**  

Discover Audubon’s extensive studies documenting American birds and his detailed illustrations that depict the birds in their natural habitats of flora and fauna. The Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-size prints, is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. While in Philadelphia, where he hunted, studied, and drew birds, Audubon also conducted the first known bird-banding experiment in North America, where he learned that the birds returned to the very same nesting sites each year. Audubon was a person of legendary strength and endurance, as well as a keen observer of birds and nature. Like his peers, he was an avid hunter, but he also had a deep appreciation and concern for conservation; in his later writings he warned against the destruction of birds and habitats. For half a century, Audubon was early America’s dominant wildlife artist.  Led by Martha Chiarchiaro, owner of Seeing History, who has brought history to life through the art of the times for more than 30 years. She received her Masters’ degree in the History of Art from Williams College and provides a variety of art history presentations at the Worcester Art Museum, the Worcester Institute for Senior Education (WISE), libraries, senior centers, and a variety of garden clubs.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Tewksbury Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.