Birds

Birds

Friday, 19 September 2014

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.

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Canada ~ Bird Cover

Canadian bird cover, posted with special postmarks from Cavendish, Prince Edward Island on May 23, 2014 by my best correspondent friend Danielle

The Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) ~ The Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) ~ The Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ~ The Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)

Finland ~ Bird Postcard



Slovenia ~ Bird Cover

Slovenian bird cover, posted on August 28, 2014 by my correspondent friend Slavica Radej from Novo Mesto, Slovenia

The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) ~ The Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) ~ The Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) ~ The Common merganser or goosander (Mergus merganser) ~ The Eurasian crag martin (Hirundo rupestris)

France ~ Bird Postcard



Ukraine ~ Bird Postcard



Malaysia ~ Bird Stamp

The Banded Woodpecker (Picus miniaceus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical and tropical mangrove forests.

The Common Flameback Woodpecker or Common Goldenback (Dinopium javanese) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Lesser Yellownape Woodpecker (Picus chlorolophus) is a type of woodpecker which is a widespread and often common breeder in tropical and sub-tropical Asia. This is a jungle species which nests in a tree hole, laying two to four white eggs.

Palau ~ Bird Stamp

Palau Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis) ~ Palau Morningbird (Colluricinda tenebrosa) ~ Palau Fantail (Rhipidura lepida) ~ Giant White-eye (Megazosterops palauensis)

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Kazakhstan ~ Bird Stamp


Anthropoides virgo or known as The Demoiselle Crane is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds from western Eurasia will spend the winter in Africa whilst the birds from Asia, Mongolia and China will spend the winter in the Indian subcontinent.

Larus ichthyaetus pallas, known as the Pallas Gull or great black-headed gull is a large gull. This species breeds in colonies in marshes and islands from southern Russia to Mongolia.It is migratory, wintering in the eastern Mediterranean, Arabia and India. This gull nests on the ground, laying between two and four eggs.

This Kazakhstan 2002 Bird issue was sent by my best friend Danielle from Quebec, Canada.

Canada ~ Waterfowl Cover

 Canadian Waterfowl cover, posted on May 22, 2014 by my best friend Danielle from Quebec


Japan ~ Birds in Danger

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

Monday, 26 May 2014

Slovenia ~ Bird Cover

This Slovenian Bird cover, was posted on January 27, 2014 by my friend Karmen Zalar from Kamnik, Slovenia.


Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Vietnam ~ Birdlife Cover

The Nordmann's Greenshank or Spotted Greenshank  (Tringa Guttifer), the Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmeus), the Saunder's gull or the Chinese black-headed gull (Larus Saundersi).



China ~ Birds of Prey Cover

China 2014 - 2 Bird of Prey second issue cover (Aquila heliaca ~ Circus cyaneus ~ Accipiter gentilis ~ Falco tinnunculus), issued on February 23, 014, posted by my best friend Wei Xu from Suzhou City, cancelled on February 27, 2014.