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An Audubon-style fine-art print of a Baltimore Oriole at an orange slice, on archival Hahnemuhle cotton rag. Unframed or framed, A4 to A2.
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.
Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm.
The bird comes down to the orange half. Wings part-folded, beak already open, one foot gripping the cut edge of the fruit. Flame against a cream ground - the male’s jet black hood and burnt-orange breast rendered close, in the Audubon tradition, as a plate you can read from across the room.
This scene is earned behaviour, not posed. The Baltimore Oriole has an unusual foraging technique biologists call gaping: it stabs its closed bill into soft fruit, then opens the bill to part the tissue, and laps the exposed juice with a brush-tipped tongue. It targets dark, ripe fruit by preference, which is why the halved orange at a May feeder works so reliably. Icterus galbula arrives from Central America in late April and will find an orange within days.
The male weighs between 22 and 42 grams. His wingspread is 23 to 32 centimetres. He is smaller than he looks in memory, and brighter. The white wing bar cuts across the black wing like a brushstroke. The bill is long, slate-grey, and built for prying as much as grasping - the same instrument that threads milkweed fibres through a hanging nest knot is the one at work on the fruit here.
By August he will be moving south again, the orange a memory on the feeding post. This plate holds him at the moment before he goes - unhurried, head down, the light catching his colour at its peak. A study in the Audubon tradition, made to be looked at over a long time.
Full field guide: /species/baltimore-oriole/
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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