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from $39
A fine-art Northern Cardinal print in the Audubon tradition. The female bird perched and quietly aglow, on archival paper. From $39.
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.
Perched on a slim branch, head turned, the female Cardinalis cardinalis fills the frame alone. She wears warm buff-brown, softening to olive at the back, brushed with rose at the crest, the wings and the long tail. The heavy conical bill glows coral - the same bill shape the male carries, built for cracking sunflower husks clean. The Audubon-style palette holds her in warm cream and branch brown, the rose accents reading forward from the page.
The female cardinal is one of the few North American female songbirds that sings, and her song is slightly longer and more complex than the male’s. A 1983 paper documented her song as a coordinated signal to the male during incubation, communicating feeding needs from the nest. She alone incubates the clutch, for 11 to 13 days. He brings her food.
Her plumage is functional in a way the male’s is not. Where his red signals fitness to females and aggression to rival males, her warm buff-brown provides cover in the dense shrub and vine tangles where the nest sits, usually between one and four metres off the ground.
The Northern Cardinal does not migrate. The female perched in this plate is a year-round resident, present at feeders and in hedgerows from late winter through the depths of a northern December. The Northern Cardinal’s range has expanded steadily northward for over a century, reaching Maine and Nova Scotia.
In the tradition of Audubon, where the female bird earns her own plate.
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 24x30 inches) 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.
