UK- Mute Swan & Atlantic puffins

A very special postmark from the most northerly post office in the UK. Unst village, where the post office is,  on Baltasound Island in the Shetlands. Weather reports aren't too good from there,I read that  in winter they only get 15 minutes of sunshine a day.

USA- Tufted Puffin

Due to the size of their bills, puffins are also know as sea parrots. Featured on a new 2013 USA stamp from a painting by artist Robert Giusti  is this large Tufted Puffin seen here in breeding plumage with characteristic yellow feathers. These birds catch their food underwater to a depth of 70 meters. Flown in from Brookside NJ with the help from a 1988 Saw-Whet  owl.