John and James are the Audubon brothers.  John is grey and James is red.  Don't sound like normal brothers? They are owls in the custody of Francis M Weston Audubon Society and the Roy Hyatt Center and are used in the chapter's grant supported program Gulf Coast Urban Education Initiative II (sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Southern Company).  Jennifer Hale Butera is their primary keeper and she has trained over a half dozen chapter volunteers to provide for their care on a temporary basis.

Part of this program involves educational outreach to the region's students. Jim Brady, one of the driving forces behind this fabulous chapter program, said, “We are at 8,940 students and adults who have been reached by the  RHEC staff so far this year, and we have another two weeks of field trips that will put us over 9,000.  We have had over 5,000 students  and  888 adults who came to the center, compared to just short of 5,000 last year.  Our bird schools made up  1,980 of the total contacted during  pre and post visits.  We also saw 190 other students who were not at bird schools who got a bird talk with J&J.  We are planning to hold a one week summer camp at RHEC and also go to other local camps with our presentation on raptors (for a fee).  Jennifer Hale Butera and Molly O’Connor are really awesome.”