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Ruffed Grouse fine-art print in the Audubon tradition. The drumming thunder-bird of eastern North American woodland, on archival Hahnemuhle cotton rag.
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 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is heard before it is seen. In spring the male stands on a drumming log and beats his wings in an accelerating series that begins as a thumping and builds to a blur - not against the log, but against the air. The sound carries through mixed forest at several hundred metres and is felt as much as heard: a deep thudding acceleration that naturalists who grew up in the eastern woods remember as the definitive sound of April.
The grouse itself is a patterned brown bird, cryptic in leaf-litter, with a small crest and a long banded tail. In the ruffed display the neck feathers erect into the collar that gives the species its name. When flushed from underfoot it launches with an explosive wing-beat that has startled hunters and field birders in equal measure, regardless of how many times they have flushed one before.
The Audubon plate shows the male in full display: ruff raised to full spread, tail fanned, crest up. This is a posture the bird holds for seconds at a time on the log in spring. The patterned brown and grey-black of the plumage resolves into individual feathers on the larger print sizes.
Unframed prints come on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight cotton rag with a soft matte surface and true archival life. The surface holds fine lines and subtle colour gradients without glare, which matters for Audubon-tradition work where the cream ground needs to read as paper, not as a white field. The framed option is set in a classic moulding, glazed and ready to hang, in black, white or natural.
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or an instant digital download at $9. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
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.
