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 VI

Great American Hen & Young
Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon
Engraved by W.H. Lizars
Retouched by R. Havell, Jr.

Plate VII

Purple Grakle, or Common Crow Blackbird
Drawn by J.J. Audubon
Engraved by W.H. Lizars
Retouched by R. Havell, Jr.

Look at them: The male, as if full of delight at the sight of the havoc which he has already committed on the tender, juicy, unripe corn on which he stands, has swelled his throat, and is calling in exultation to his companions to come and assist him in demolishing it. The female has fed herself, and is about to fly off with a well-loaded bill to her hungry and expectant brood, that, from the nest, look on their plundering parents, joyously anticipating the pleasures of which they shall ere long be allowed to participate. See how torn the husk is from the ear, and how nearly devoured the grains of corn already are! This is the tithe our Blackbirds take from our planters and farmers; but it was so appointed, and such is the will of the beneficent Creator.

– John James Audubon

Plate VIII

White Throated Sparrow
Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon
Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, Jr.

Plate IX

Selby’s Fly Catcher 
Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon
Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, Jr.
Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Sr

Plate X

Bonaparte’s Flycatcher
Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon
Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell, Jr.