Bird Watchers Promise to Become a More Welcoming Group
July 23, 2021
Students Lyla Mendoza, left, Nesha Moskowitz, second from left, Giovanni Pierre, center, and camp educator Adrian Oller, center right, examine wild sorrel during a hike at Mass Audubon s Boston Nature Center in Boston, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In 1896, many birds were killed so women of high social standing in the United States could wear hats made with their
feathers.
Two women, Minna Hall and Harriet Hemenway of Boston, Massachusetts, asked their friends to help stop the practice. They chose to name their group, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, after John James Audubon, a naturalist famous for his
Watching for birds, diversity: Audubon groups pledge change
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