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Fine-art Bald Eagle plate in the Audubon style. The white-headed national bird, in oil-painted profile.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
Perched. The white head lowered, the heavy yellow bill at rest, the dark body broad against the cream. This is the eagle in stillness - the posture Audubon captured in profile, where the contrast between the white hood and the sable wing is at its sharpest and the eye, pale yellow, holds the centre of the composition.
Haliaeetus leucocephalus is the only eagle native solely to North America, a sea eagle built for water edges rather than open plains. Adults reach a wingspan of 180 to 230 centimetres and do not wear the white head and tail until their fourth or fifth year, so a perching juvenile looks like a different bird entirely. The white arrives gradually, year-class by year-class, until the adult bird that fills this plate emerges.
By 1963, fewer than 500 nesting pairs remained in the lower 48 states, brought down by DDT-thinned eggshells. After the pesticide ban in 1972, the population responded faster than ornithologists projected. By 2007, when it was removed from the threatened species list, more than 9,000 pairs were nesting across the contiguous United States. The bird now nests in every lower state.
The actual call bears nothing like the piercing scream the film industry assigns it. That sound belongs to the Red-tailed Hawk. The eagle’s own voice is a reedy series of thin whistles.
Drawn in the Audubon tradition, where the weight of a bird’s history is carried by the accuracy of its line.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to A2) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
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