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...John James Audubon The famous American ornithologist, artist and woodsman never pressed his own claim to the throne. But a popular myth began circulating after his death in 1851 that Haiti-born Audubon, the illegitimate son of a French sailor and a maidservant, had actually been the lost dauphin in disguise. Hints of Audubon's royal identity supposedly appear in cryptic entries in his notebooks...
...other sources of open flame are not allowed; and smoking is prohibited in all dormitory areas.”AT THE SCENEAt 5:14 a.m. the Boston Fire Department (BFD) received a 911 call reporting a fire at 21 Aberdeen Street, a three-story brick building located in the Audubon Circle neighborhood in Boston, said MacDonald, a spokesman for the BFD. Firefighters were sent out at 5:16 a.m. and arrived at the scene two minutes later, according to Firefighter Scott M. Salman. The apartment complex is actually made up of two adjoining edifices, with building 19 on one side...
...Audubon's 107th bird census Get your binoculars ready. More than 50,000 observers will fan out across the Americas on Dec. 14, following specified routes and counting every bird they see or hear...
...Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and a series of smaller festivals went on as planned. Meanwhile, the city's major museums have reopened, and its big-name restaurants have either reopened or announced plans to do so this fall. Popular tourist attractions like the Aquarium of the Americas and Audubon Zoo are up and running, and the cruise ships that use New Orleans as a home port - and carry more than 700,000 passengers a year - will be back in service by the end of 2006. "We're back in business," says Kelly Schulz, vice president of communications...
...probably not the last. Global warming might explain some migratory-bird declines in North America as well, although Greg Butcher, director of bird conservation at the Audubon Society, warns that it is dangerous to make assumptions. "It's great," he says, "when you have a bird like the pied flycatcher, which has been studied for years, and you have enough detail to pinpoint what the problem is." The populations of some seabirds, such as kittiwake, are plunging not because the birds are having trouble timing their food supply but because the fish they feed on have shifted locations...