Adopt-an-Audubon Plate sponsor benefits:

• Credit on the bird label whenever it is exhibited
• Recognition on the Museum’s digital donor board in the main lobby
• Museum individual plus membership for 2 years (maximum of 2 years)
• For adoptions of $6,000 or more, a copy of our 250^th anniversary book, The Charleston Museum: America’s First Museum
• For adoptions of $9,000 or more, an invitation to a private “behind the scenes” tour, for up to 4 people, of the Museum Archives and Collections Storeroom

For tax purposes, The Charleston Museum is recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization by the Internal revenue Service, and your gift may be tax deductible. Please consult your tax advisor for further information.

Our Adopt-an-Audubon Plate Program is a means to support the Museum’s Archives collections and should in no way be construed as obtaining an ownership interest in these collections.

Plate LXXVII

Belted Kingfisher
Drawn by Nature and Published by John J. Audubon
Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell

This species is a constant resident in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and all the districts that lie to the south of North Carolina. Its inland migrations along the windings of our noble rivers extend far and wide, over the whole of the United States. In all those portions which I have visited it also breeds, although it returns to the south from many parts during severe winters.

The flight of this bird is rapid, and is prolonged according to its necessities, extending at times to considerable distances, in which case it is performed high in the air.

– John J. Audubon