The story of the bird
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is the rare, protected woodpecker of the southern longleaf pine forests, and few prints carry as much quiet conservation meaning. It is a small, trim black-and-white bird: a boldly barred back, large clean white cheek patches, and a fine black-and-white barred crown. The tiny scarlet mark behind the male’s eye that gives the bird its name, the cockade, is famously hard to see, which only adds to the sense of a bird known best by those who look for it. It lives in mature pine woodland, uniquely excavating its nest cavities in living trees, and it has been the focus of one of the great southern conservation efforts.
For a birder, a naturalist or anyone who cares about the pine woods of the American South, this is a knowing, meaningful print rather than a decorative one. Its clean black-and-white plumage sits calmly on a neutral wall in a study, a den or a traditional room, and it makes a considered conservation gift for someone who follows and protects the birds. Rendered in a contemporary Audubon-inspired natural-history style with a soft paper-grain finish.
Paper and finish
Unframed prints come on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, a heavyweight cotton rag with a soft matte surface and true archival life. The framed option is set in a classic moulding, glazed and ready to hang, in black, white or natural.
Sizes
Three sizes: 8x10, 16x20 and 24x30 inches, or a high-resolution digital download. Prints from $39. Framed from $99.
