The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove has been formally recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Audubon Mid-Atlantic is proud to announce that the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove has been designated an affiliate member of the  Historic Artist’s Homes & Studios  program through the National Trust for Historic Preservation.   The historic home, where John James Audubon lived and worked after arriving in America in 1803, is a three-story farmhouse built in 1762. During his time at Mill Grove, Audubon refined his technique for drawing birds "from life," which laid the foundation for what would become some of the most celebrated wildlife artwork in history.   The hundreds of life-size portraits of birds contained in his seminal work The Birds of America helped to bring the wonder of birds to people across the United States.  The Historic Artist’s Homes and Studios program is dedicated to interpreting and…