US-1495082 Snowy Owl (postcard), Northern Saw-whet Owl (stamp)

Mary from the United States sent me an amazing card with a pair of Snowy Owl and a stamp with The Northern Saw-whet Owl.

1. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

About postcard: By John James Audubon, 1987 Dover Publications, Inc.

2. Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus).

Release date: May 28, 1988. 

The Northern Saw-whet Owl has a round, light, white face with brown and cream streaks; they also have a dark beak and yellow eyes. They resemble the Short-eared Owl, because they also lack ear tufts, but are much smaller. The underparts are pale with dark shaded areas; the upper parts are brown or reddish with white spots. They are quite common, but hard to spot.

Owl stamps from Belarus

1. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Release date: 2005

2. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)

 

Release date: 2007

3. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) 

 

Release date: 2007

4. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Release date: 2007

5. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) 

Release date: 2007

6. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

 

Release date: 2008

7. Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Release date: 2008

8. Scops Owl (Otus scops) 

Release date: 2008

9. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

Release date: 2008

Snowy Owl (private swap)

Hurray! Yesterday I received a new postcard with Snowy Owl! From Claire (Canada). Dear Claire, thank you very much and please give me your address to send you back a postcard. :)

About postcard: published by Firefly Books, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada; photo by Tim Fitzharris, 1999.

Snowy Owl (private swap)

Last Thursday I also received a wonderful Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) postcard from Ruxandra (Canada).

The Snowy Owl, which nests in the tundra in northern Québec, is the province’s avian emblem. Unlike other owls, it hunts both day and night during the Arctic summer and lives mainly on lemmings. Black stripes and spots dot the plumage of young birds, while old males may be snowy white.
The National Assembly chose the Snowy Owl as Québec’s official avian emblem in 1987. In doing so, it took part in a major national movement to enhance the quality of the environment and save wild species.

About postcard: Fotomania Editions, Marcoux Y, Printed in Canada.

FI-1005727 Snowy Owl

Yesterday I received again the beautiful postcard with the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) flying through the blue sky, from Juha (Finland).

Romanian Owl Stamps

Some owl stamps from Romfilatelia (mint) . They don't have an on-line shop, but have some stores in Bucharest.

1. Barn Owl (Tyo alba)

Release date: 1967


2. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 1967


3. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) 

Release date: 1985


4. Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

Release date: 1992


5. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Release date: 1998


6. Scops Owl (Otus scops) 

Release date: 2003


7. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

Release date: 2003


8. Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Release date: 2003


9. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Release date: 2003


10. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 2003


11. Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) 

Release date: 2003


12. Little Owl (Athene noctua) 

Release date: 2007


Images taken from a very interesting and useful site named Theme Birds on Stamps by Kjell Scharning.

Russian Owl Stamps

Today I bought four mint stamps from the former USSR (CCCP):

1. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Release date: 1979

Denomination: 10 kopeiki

2. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

Release date: 1990
Denomination: 10 kopeiki


3. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) 

Release date: 1990
Denomination: 20 kopeiki


4. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 1990
Denomination: 35 kopeiki

Snowy Owls (private swap)

On January 27, 2011 Eva from Finland sent to me two beautiful postcards with Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca).

The male is all white. Young birds and females have black dots.

About postcard: 2578, published by Pentti Harala KY, Espoo; Photo: Hannu Hautala.

About postcard: 2559, published by Pentti Harala KY, Espoo; Photo: Hannu Hautala; made in Finland.

JP-135361 A new Snowy Owl

A new postcard with the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca), received on November 10, 2010 from Satomi (Japan) http://www.postcrossing.com/user/sktour

Almost Eagle Owl size, white with round head and gleaming yellow eyes; legs and toes strongly feathered. Male almost entirely white, female larger, usually strongly barred with dark brown.Young dark brown with dirty white narrow barring. Flight Buzzard-like, glides a great deal on long, rounded wings. Mainly diurnal, also active at dusk; sit-and-wait hunter from ground or low perch.

About postcard: Shin Yoshino, Kojinsha

GB-181676 Snowy Owl

A Snowy Owl postcard received on November 8, 2010 from Ann (UK) http://www.postcrossing.com/user/nyassa

"An occasional visitor to northern Britain, the snowy owl normally breeds in the Arctic where its white plumage serves as camouflage against the snow and ice"

Nyctea scandiaca
Size: 65cm
Habitat: Woodland, extending to the tundra
Nest: Scrape on the ground
Eggs: 3-11, white
Food: Mainly lemmings but also birds, invertebrates, and fish


About postcard: A Salmon Cameracolour Post Card, printed and published by J. Salmon Ltd., Sevenoaks, Kent