The story of the bird
The Allen’s Hummingbird is a California original, the earliest returning hummingbird in the west, arriving at coastal gardens in January while the chaparral is still winter-grey. The colour is the warmest of any North American hummingbird: a deep orange-red gorget, brilliant green back and crown, and rufous-orange sides and rump carrying through the tail.
The print
A fine-art study in a contemporary Audubon-inspired natural-history style with a soft paper-grain finish, composed with clean negative space so the gorget catches the eye first.
Paper and finish
Unframed prints come on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight archival cotton rag with a soft matte surface. Choose the framed option and the print arrives mounted, glazed and ready to hang, in your choice of black, white or natural frame.
| Size | Unframed | Framed |
|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | $39 | $99 |
| 16 x 20 in | $69 | $149 |
| 24 x 30 in | $99 | $199 |
About the bird
Selasphorus sasin breeds along a narrow coastal strip from Oregon to southern California. A permanent resident population exists on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and nearby Channel Islands, never migrating; the migratory population winters in Mexico, arriving in coastal California and Oregon to raise two broods in rapid succession before departing south by July, one of the briefest breeding tenures of any North American hummingbird. Taken together, the male Allen’s is the most warmly coloured of the Selasphorus hummingbirds, hotter and more orange than the Rufous.
