Latvia- Oriole & Plover

From the seaside town of Jurmala in Latvia, a   Eurasian Golden Oriole    (Oriolus oriolus)& European Golden Plover   (Pluvialis apricaria) issued February 2015.

Australia- Song Birds 2009

What a thrill it was to receive the full set of beautiful Australian songbirds 2009 set on cover recently. Clearly postmarked from Ouyen in Victoria. I've seen all these birds in various locations in Australia and know their calls. I am surprised the Green catbird was included as their call is more like a cat with a sore throat than a song.
Green Catbird   (Ailuroedus crassirostris)
Noisy Scrubbird  (Atrichornis clamosus)
Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura)

Scarlet Myzomela   ( Myzomela sanguinolenta)

Ireland- Golden Eagle

Golden eagle  ( Aquila chrysaetos) with a fine roller cancel from Dublin , Ireland

Georgia - Eagles 2007

Issued in 2007 this fine set of eagles flew in from Tblisi in Georgia. Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax) White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Short-toed Snake eagle (Circatus gallicus) and my favorite of all- Golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos)

Norway-Western Capercallie & Golden Eagle

Norway 2006  issued a set of five "Wild Animals", including this pair of birds.
Western Capercallie (Tetrao urogallu) and the magnificent Golden Eagle ( Aquila chyrsaetos)
Posted with a first day cancel from Sollia in Norway

France-European Robin & Golden Eagle

From Capitole, Toulouse, France, a 2003 Greetings stamp with the  European robin carrying some  holly 

 and a handsome  1993  Golden Eagle in the National Park of Ecrins. 

Switzerland 2003-Golden Eagle

My favorite raptor, Golden Eagle ( Aquila Chrysaetos) from Rorschach in Switerland.  Over printed for the stamp exhibition in Locarno 2003. Thanks DF.
These huge fearless eagles like to build their eyries high in the mountains from a site where they can see surrounding valleys.

Mexico-Raptors

A bird stamp with four different raptors- Western Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus), Golden Eagle  (Aquila chrysaetos), Harpy Eagle ( Harpia harpyja) ,  Ornate Hawk-Eagle   (Spizaetus ornatus). From the Mexcio 2002 Conservation  8v stamp set which shows 22 species of birds. Wonderful cover postmarked with that special tridate  12-12-12, thanks to my dear friend Cecy.

USA- Golden Eagle

Now that I'm trying to narrow my bird stamp collection to raptors, I was happy to receive a Golden Eagle on cover from the USA. The stamp value is for local use and the sender used a 20c label to make the correct value for posting to Malaysia. Postmarked from Atlanta Georgia at Phoenix Station.

Christmas Island-White- Tailed tropicbird

Every year in December  you'll find some of the Christmas Island endemic birds featured  somewhere  on their Christmas  stamps.  The Christmas Island  2010  stamps did not disappoint their collectors  and here you see the unique Golden Bosun ..also known as the White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus fulvus). These elegant birds are distinguished by prominent black bars on the upper wing and a golden tinge to the plumage and golden tail streamers. 

Japan-Golden eagle

From the Japan  2002 -Nature in Harmony series comes this great image of the head of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos),. Thank you Ruri