Parker GH at Audubon Community Nature Center Jamestown, NY

[Sara LeFever]

As I was scrolling through Facebook this evening, a shotgun caught my eye…

My local Audubon Center posted:

ACNC recently renovated the Simpson Bird Room, a historic collection of birds that dates back 100 years or more. Join Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator, for this Friday's First Lunch Bunch to learn more about Ralph Simpson and the bird collection housed at Audubon. Register online at https://auduboncnc.doubleknot.com/ev...-adult/3015124

Ralph Simpson was a Warren, Pennsylvania native who studied and collected birds, contributed to the field of ornithology. Learn more about him and his collection, some of which is housed at Audubon.

Audubon Community Nature Center houses a collection of over 150 birds created during a time when bird collections, rather than field guides, were an important resource to learn more about birds. This First Friday presentation by Senior Nature Educator, Katie Finch, will explore the story of the Simpson collection, as well as the Warren local who collected and mounted the birds.

Ralph B. Simpson was a passionate and skilled naturalist. He explored the wild places in Warren County, Pennsylvania and Presque Isle in Erie, Pennsylvania. With a license from Warren County, he collected birds, nests, and eggs, preserving them himself. He also contributed to the larger scientific community in the late 1800s through his writing, record keeping and photography.

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