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What are the shirts?

Gildan Softstyle, 4.5 oz/yd² — a lighter, softer ring-spun cotton than a standard heavyweight tee, in a classic unisex cut.

Every color is 100% cotton except Sport Grey, which is 90% cotton and 10% polyester. That's what makes the heather look.

How should I wash it?

The print outlasts the shirt if you're a little kind to it:

  • Turn it inside out.
  • Cold wash, gentle cycle.
  • No bleach, no fabric softener.
  • Tumble dry low, or hang it up.
  • If you iron it, iron the back — never directly on the print.

What colors do you make?

Eight, chosen to sit well with the artwork rather than to fill a chart: Natural, Sport Grey, Gold, Maroon, Navy, Forest Green, Dark Chocolate and Black.

Not every design comes in all eight — some artwork only reads properly on lights, some only on darks. What's on the product page is what we make for that design.

How are the designs made?

They're made in-house, by us, and printed to order in the U.S. — no warehouse full of guesses, nothing printed until someone wants it.

Most of what we make is built on the way birders actually talk: songs turned into sentences you can't un-hear, and words that mean nothing at the office and everything at the trailhead.

Do you take requests?

Yes — and the catalog genuinely grows from them. Tell us your spark bird and we'll add it to the list. We can't promise every species, but we read every note. Send it here.

Still stuck? Ask us — a real person reads every note.