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A collection of email staionary, web page backgrounds and wallpaper made from the bird drawing of Edward Lear. Includes Owls, Eagles and Parrots.

Free fun and novelty backgrounds.

Peter Rabbit email backgrounds made from the original drawings by Beatrix Potter

Free Animal backgrounds.

Click for Beautiful Flower Backgrounds

horse lovers backgrounds - includes horses ponies donkeys and foals

Newly available fun and novelty costume jewellery includes stars and stripes set - apple and nautical themed jewellery
Stars & Stripes jewellery - perfect for the 4th of July. Delightful apple themed jewellery set. For the sailing fans a nautical set. All at very good prices and make great gifts for friends and family.



Beautiful Owl 
Lithograph by Chin is available ready to frame

K CHIN 1920 - 1995
Untitled
L. Edition Lithograph
THIS IS A VERY DETAILED AND STRIKING IMAGE BY K CHIN. A Fancy Feathered Owl. This Untitled Lithograph is Hand Signed by Chin.

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Beautiful Eagle Lithograph by Blakney is available ready to frame

DONALD BLAKNEY
'Northern Splendor
Bald Eagle'
L. Edition Lithograph
Donald Blakney paints Glorious Outdoor Nature Scenes that take viewers to some of the United States most beautiful locations. 'Northern Splendor Bald Eagle' is a LIMITED EDITION Offset Lithograph that is Hand Signed by Blakney.

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Kingfisher by Marcia Baldwin - click here for more details

Marcia Baldwin - 'Kingfisher'
LIMITED EDITION Giclee on Canvas - unstretched
You'll be mesmerized by the obvious passion that went into this piece. The intense saturation of color, coupled with the most elegant imagery seems to make this kingfisher leap from the canvas.

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Fine art print
Stellers Jay, by JIM COLLINS, click here for more details
JIM COLLINS
'Stellers Jay'
Limited Edition Serigraph
Let your eyes melt into this Extraordinary night time nature scene! 'Stellers Jay' is a Limited Edition Seriolithograph that is Hand Signed by Collins.

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Newly available sterling silver animal necklaces
Sterling Silver Animal Necklaces $18.00



Newly available sterling silver animal Earrings
Sterling Silver Animal Earrings from $18.00



Bird lovers art Backgrounds - downloads page
Bird lovers art Backgrounds - downloads page
Bird Lovers
Backgrounds & Borders

These replace the Birds collections and contains 250 backgrounds which can be used for Desktop wallpaper, emails and web page backgrounds. A superb collection containing lot of different Types of birds from cagebird and parrots through to large birds of prey and owls.

Most of these backgrounds and borders are made from the works of natural history artists of the 18th and 19th century. Gould, Lear, Donovan, Catesby, Edwards, Audubon, Risenthal and others and not forgetting of course that most popular of artists dear old 'Anon'. These borders and backgrounds are unique on the web or anywhere else for that matter. They would make a very unusual gift.

Downloads are free for personal and charity sites to use on their web pages. (Blogs, live journals and member sites are not personal websites) A link back to The Search Party is required on the page you use the background. E.mail me if you have any question about these backgrounds

Left click on tile to see full page background and download there.
Background tile graphics below are distorted to fit boxes.

Bird of prey the hunters of the bird kingdom
Puffin colony busy being puffins
Greenfinches with fledglings in the nest
Frisch's falcon border background
Missel thrushes on pine branches
Ring Ouzels with their young on the nest background border or wallpaper
Don't forget you can change the size and colour of the text in your emails to match these background - You can check out how to do this in my Using backgrounds in Outlook Express tut. - Its very easy to do! I would reccomend that you do take the time to learn to do so. It will give your emails that really special feel. A copy of the tutorial is also in the Birds Lovers Collection Zip file.
Bird Lovers Collection
250 E-mail Stationery - Desk-Top Wallpaper
and Web page backgrounds $12.00

Bird Lovers optomised multi-purpose backgrounds.
April 10th 2005 - new collection.
Graphics will be sent by e-mail
upon receipt of instructions from PayPal
normally within 24-48 hours.


1 background from the collection contact me by email - $4.00
2 backgrounds contact me by email - $6.00

This collection contains 250 backgrounds for Email Stationery, Desk-Top Wallpaper and Web page backgrounds.
125 borders - 25 top borders - 100 tile backgrounds
Samples above and below are all in the collection.

1.Barn Owls by Austin - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page or desk top border background      2.Black headed ibis - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page or desk top border background      3.Red tailed black hawk by Cassins - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page or desk top border background

4.Crested Spizaetus - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background      5.Hyacinth Macaw - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background      6.Female kestrel - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

7.Linnets with their nest shown below - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background     8.Gould's Tawny Owl - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background     9.Redpoles with their nest shown below - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

10.Red and black headed conures - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   11.Thorburns Jack Snipe - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   12.Vaillant's Mangeur de serpents, thats Eater of Snakes to you and me! - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

13.Goldfinch on branch - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   14.House wrens at their nest in an old discarded hat - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   15.lara auna colourful parrot - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

Make your own Note Paper or Wrapping Paper
Graphics can also be used for creating note paper, sending hand written letters and wrapping paper for small gifts. Print on best quality setting for best results.

16.Ruby throated humming bird - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   17.Whiskerd Fantail bird - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   18.The very elegant hoopoe - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

19.barn swallows nest and birds - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   20.Columbian magpie or jay by Audubon - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   21.black cockatoo on pink background - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

22.Virginian cardinals with the bright plumage - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   23.Selby's Common Gannet - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   24.Sedge warblers on the nest amongst the sedge plant - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

25.Virginian cardinals with the bright plumage - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   26.Frigate pelican by Audubon - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   27.Audubon's Osprey sometimes known as the Fish Hawk - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

28.Yellow rumped parrakeet - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   29.Gould's Baza gurneyi does it have a common name does anyone know? If so I would love to know what it is.   30.Barred owl by audubon - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

31.Gould's game bird the caper caillie - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   32.Caica xanthomera - sample of a border stationery.   33.Common wild swan by the artist Selby - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

34.Sharp tailed finches by Frohawk - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   35.Gould platy cercus - sample of a border stationery.   36.Common and arctic terns - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

37.Inca toucan by Gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   38.Gould's Nouna koali humming birds - sample of a border stationery.   39.Teals from Selby - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

40.Jackdaws by Gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background   41.Gould's Stork feeding it's young with a frog - sample of a border stationery.   42.The Great grey shrike by it's food cupboard from Gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

Top Border Backgrounds

Brown's boat bill - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background    The marbled duck by Bree - sample of a border stationery.    The blackwinged parakeet by Brown - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

Crested lark by gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background    Goulds horned grebe - sample of a border stationery.    Moorhen with young by gould - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

The little white fronted goose by Bree - sample of a border stationery.    Carolina Parrot now extinct by catesby web page border or desk top background    The Fishing hawk by catesby - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

The thick kneed bustard by Gould - sample of a border stationery.    Spoonbill at the nest with young by Gould web page border or desk top background    Gould's common curlew with her young brood - sample of email stationery which can also be used as web page border or desk top background

Also Included are the resizing in PSP 7 tutorial and also How to use backgrounds in Outlook Express, together with some background textured tiles.

Please read my terms and conditions page before downloading or using any of these backgrounds. This page also contains details for Commercial site and Trading Charities usage.
Linking details and banners.

These backgrounds have been made from library disk cliparts, victorian prints and my own personal collection of prints.

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Search Party Graphics created - 10th October 2002

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