Free Vintage Bird Pictures
79I fell in love with these bird pictures, which came along for the ride when I bought some CDs with vintage images. The colors and plumage on these birds are amazing in real life. But when you add the artists' talent into the mix, the results are breathtaking.
I've wanted to share these bird pictures for a while now. But I had a sneaking suspicion that they might not all be in the public domain as I was told they were when I bought the CDs. So I checked the Audubon Society's Web site to see if some of the illustrations came from there. Sure enough, several of them were painted by Audubon; so I removed them from this page. The Audubon Society holds the copyright on them and it's important to honor that. If anyone finds other Audubon images on this page, I would appreciate it if they would leave a comment below to tell me so I can remove them. The same goes for works by any other artists. If requested I would either remove the image or provide a credit/link (artist's choice).
Exotic and Tropical Birds
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Usage Restrictions
It's my hope that all the non-Audubon images are in the public domain, but I can't be sure. That's why -- unlike all my other pages that offer free images -- these illustrations are for your personal use only. Any commercial use is strictly prohibited. These prohibited uses include:
- On blogs or Web sites
- In craft projects you plan to sell
- As part of any print project, such as a book, brochure, business card, etc.
- As part of a product, such as a framed print, image on a mug, etc.
- Any other commercial use
Instructions for Downloading the Bird Pictures
Choose a small version of any of the bird pictures above the large images to the right. When you click on one of the images, it will appear larger.
IMPORTANT: Once you've chosen an image and see it larger, double-click on the larger image, which will make the best version of the art appear. Sorry for the extra step, but this will give you the highest quality art.
Then, if you have a PC, just right-click and save the final version of the artwork to your hard drive.
Owls
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Seabirds and Waterfowl
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Small Birds
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Comments
Thanks, kerryg! :-)
Beautiful! Thank you.
You're welcome, kris.
Thank you for all the wonderful pictures of bird. I am making an altered book on birds and these are great.Thanks for all the work you did.
Wow, Debbie, these images would be wonderful for the project you described. I wish I could see the finished product. I hope you have a lot of fun making it!
OMG!!!! I can't believe all the work done here! I am sooooo thrilled to find this site! I absolutely love clip art and all the projects that can be done with it. Also thanks for some of your suggestions! This is my favorite place to be!!!!!!
Thanks, Charlene. I'm glad you enjoyed the birds!
Hi, WordPlay, here I am again to look at your pretty pictures. I have a few vintage plate with the old Audobon paintings. He made the birds look pretty weird because he painted most of them when they were dead. But the pictures are sooo cool. Thank you!
Hi Dolores. Thanks for your comment and for the fan mail you left me. I couldn't leave you any because I was already your fan!
That's interesting about Audubon painting dead birds. I never thought about it but it makes sense. It would be a little hard to get a live bird to pose. ;-)
Amazing how vintage things are so much more beautiful and valuable than are the things of 'today'...which will someday be vintage, so perhaps it too, will be beautiful and valuable to the eyes of the future?
Good point, Woody. I've often thought that myself. Maybe anime, cartoons and smileys will be the vintage art of choice for the people of the next century!
Wonderful images!
I have found such pic as them so lonnnnnng time!
thank you!
You're welcome, Decay-Day. I'm glad you enjoy the pictures.
kerryg says:
13 months ago
Very pretty!