Audubon Jay Stamp Spurs Debate on Native Range and Artwork
Hazel C. Green notes reader letters about the Audubon blue Colombia Jay stamp issued December 1963. She recalls Audubon’s painting of a nonnative Mexico jay and the stamp’s December 7 Henderson event that overlooked its nonnative status.
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Hazel C. Green
Holy Land
John James Audubon
Post Office Department
Mexico
United States
Audubon
Henderson
Kentucky
John K. Torres
Columbia
Audubon Magazine
Bonaparte the Collie's Magpie-Jay Visits Douglas Arizona
A rare Collie's Magpie-Jay appeared in Douglas Arizona after a U S commemorative stamp featured the species. The bird, later shot and killed, drew Audubon Magazine commentary on unnecessary killing. Residents Laurel S Uren and Hollice Stevenson chronicled the bird's stay and its beloved neighborhood status.
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Columbia
Mexico
United States
Hollice Stevenson
Douglas
Arizona
Roger Tory Peterson
U.S
Laurel S. Uren
Stevenson
Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Napoleon
Audubon
Jay
Uncle Sam
Audubon Magazine
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