Cincinnati, the Great Auk, Audubon, and a Man Named Ruthven

  By Bob Bahr Let me tell you about the Great Auk. I offer this because on Sept. 12, visitors to the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) had the chance to see three representations of the Great Auk, a flightless bird that lived in the waters and along the coasts of...

John James Audubon’s Flamingo

by Bob Bahr Kids—and adults as well—love American flamingoes for their oddness. John James Audubon, arguably the most famous painter of birds in history, included the American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in his epic publication The Birds of America, and...