Mountain Lakes-Ring-necked Pheasant

My dear friend Natalie never forgets to add a bird stamp... A 1996 Common Pheasant, otherwise known as the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colcicus) was tucked besides a couple of my favorite musicians on the back of a postcard showing a more genteel way of playing table tennis. :)

 During my recent holiday in Finland I was lucky enough to see one of these colorful little birds in the trees around the cottage. The reddish/pink  color is quite striking and makes the bird easy to identify. Postmark is from Hameelinna , on a stamp which is the same bird as the postcard. had they been on the same side it wculd have been a maxi-card.

 

Poland-White Stork

The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a very large bird with a wing-span of more than two meters. The bird is a long-distance migrant from their summer breeding grounds as far north as Finland, the birds will travel as far south as South Africa for a warmer winter. Thanks to my friend Witti who kindly sent me this colorful pre-paid card from Szcezecin, Poland.

White-Tailed eagle & Eagle Comics

Here's an interesting combo, a White- tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) and Dan Dare of Eagle comic fame. The stamp  is from the 10v  set of 2007  UK Endangered Birds. The white-tailed eagle  went extinct in the UK during the early 20th century, due to illegal killing, and the present population of 30 pairs has been reintroduced.

Eagle Comics were first produced in the UK in 1950. 

Singapore-White Collared Kingfisher

To commemorate the opening of the fabulous Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, 2x $1.10 stamps with the upper one on this registered cover featuring a White-collared kingfisher.

Algeria-Peregrine Falcon

From Algeria, a Peregrine Falcon  (Falco peregrinus) with a clear postmark form Tlemcen, Souahalia.
The stamp is from the 3v of raptors set issued in 2010

Latvia-1995 Nature Conservation

A nice cover from an exchange I did during June 2012, with a stamp friend in Latvia. Cancelled in Riga, the stamps  were issued in 1995 for the European nature conservation year. The birds: 20s Corn Crake (Crex crex), 8s White backed woodpecker (Dendrocopus leucotos) and 24 s White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus).
   The cover also has a pictorial cancels of  birds which featured on 2011 stamps, the Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina)  & a  Short-toed Snake Eagle  (Circaetus gallicus )