Canada ~ Bird Stamp

Canada 1998 Stamp Issue, Eastern Screech-Owl ~ Gray-Crowned ~ Great Crested Flycatcher ~ Hairy Woodpecker

Canada 1999 Stamp Issue, American Goldfinch ~ Sandhill Crane ~ Red-Winged Blackbird ~ Northern Goshawk

Canada 2000 Stamp Issue, Pacific Loon ~ Blue Jay ~ Osprey ~Canada Warbler

Thank you very much to Danielle from Quebec for sending me these beautiful Canadian bird stamps.

Finland ~ Bird Postcard

France ~ Bird Postcard

Ukraine ~ Bird Postcard

Japan ~ Birds in Danger

Birds in Danger of Extinction, Ketupa blakistoni ~ Spilornis cheela perplexus ~ Falco peregrinus fruitii

Taiwan ~ Owl Cover

Mountain Scops Owl (Otus spilocephalus), is sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl. It is locally common in its main habitat which covers some parts of Asia, including Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, and Thailand. It has a short high-pitched call similar to the sound a radar makes.

Eastern Grass Owl (Tyto longimembris), or Australian Grass Owl is a species of owl in the Tytonidae family. It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Taiwan ~ Tawny Fish Owl

Tawny Fish Owl (Ketupa flavipes), this typical owl is found in subtropical to temperate forests in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan and Vietnam. It eats fish, crabs, shrimps, frogs, toads, lizards, snakes and small mammals such as moles, and particularly rodents like mice, voles and rats. It also prey on birds like Mandarin duck in Taiwan. The owl occupies a river stretch of 5.5 - 7.7 km in length.

Thailand ~ Owl Cover

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Scopoli 1769 ~ The Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei), Burton 1836, this Thailand Owl Cover was posted by my best friend Tom Marshall on July 31, 2013 from Bang Pla Soi to Jakarta.

China ~ Owls

                                                         China 1995 ~ Owls

Philippines ~ Owls

Giant Scops-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi) ~ Philippine Eagle-owl (Bubo philippensis) ~ Negros Scops-owl (Otus megalotis nigrorum) ~ West Visayan Hawk-owl (Ninox philippensis centralis).

 

Australia ~ Owl Cover