White-crowned Pigeon

The White-crowned Pigeon was painted on Indian Key in April 1832. The pigeons had recently arrived from Cuba, where they winter. George Lehman painted the Geiger tree, a tropical plant named for Key West wrecker John H. Geiger.

In 1960 the Geiger House was purchased by Mitchell and Frances Wolfson, and restored as a house museum. Renamed the Audubon House, it commemorates Audubon's visit to the Keys. A legend arose when visitors assumed that Audubon stayed there, something the Audubon House does not claim. Audubon actually lived aboard a sailing ship, the Marion.

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