Julia Lee | 23/01/2013 16:44:14 |
![]() 2047 forum posts 1002 photos 230 articles | This Tufted Puffin from the USPS landed in my inbox this afternoon. I've added lots of the info from the press release, as I thought many of you would be interested. 'Both birds sport the striking tufts of long, yellow feathers that give the tufted puffin its name, plumage that only appears during breeding season.
Puffins, also known as sea parrots because of their large bills, are diving birds in the auk family. The tufted puffin is the largest of the three puffin species, standing roughly 15 inches tall. Found on the open ocean, islands and coastal areas of the North Pacific, the tufted puffin’s true home is the sea, as it hunts underwater and spends most of its life far from land. The birds have adapted to an unusually broad range of ocean habitats, raising their young anywhere from southern California to arctic Alaska. In the U.S., tufted puffins can be also found in Oregon and Washington. |
som ghatak | 24/01/2013 20:07:45 |
![]() 139 forum posts 90 photos | Wow nice to see so many birds Here are some from my Puffin collection..I just love this bird: http://somphilately.blogspot.in/2012/08/puffins.html Edited By Julia Lee on 25/01/2013 10:36:36 |
Julia Lee | 25/01/2013 10:37:48 |
![]() 2047 forum posts 1002 photos 230 articles | Nice collection, Som! (And, off topic, what a cute kid you have!) |
Julia Lee | 25/01/2013 10:46:24 |
![]() 2047 forum posts 1002 photos 230 articles | And I should probably plug today's blog post, shouldn't I? |
som ghatak | 25/01/2013 11:38:50 |
![]() 139 forum posts 90 photos |
Thanks a Lot Julia Here is a set 4v From Fiji:
Edited By som ghatak on 25/01/2013 11:45:52 |
Julia Lee | 25/01/2013 12:21:50 |
![]() 2047 forum posts 1002 photos 230 articles | That hasn't worked, Som. Do you want to try again? You can edit posts for a limited amount of time. If it doesn't work again, post on this thread again, and I'll come sort it out. |
som ghatak | 25/01/2013 12:49:35 |
![]() 139 forum posts 90 photos | Sorry i donno what went wrong.. Here is the set: **LINK** Let me know if you can view it |
Julia Lee | 25/01/2013 12:51:22 |
![]() 2047 forum posts 1002 photos 230 articles | I can see it.
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Michael Chambers | 25/01/2013 16:50:49 |
![]() 277 forum posts 255 photos | I really like the four bird stamps that Pierre Gandon produced for France in 1960. And there's even one for all you puffin fanciers.
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Vera | 26/01/2013 13:55:21 |
![]() 59 forum posts 41 photos | The latest puffin stamps from the USA are quite appealing. Maybe the artist of that stamp, Robert Giusti, got his inspriation from John James Audubons' well known painting of the same birds http://en.wahooart.com/A55A04/w.nsf/Opra/BRUE-8CEG7D Edited By Julia Lee on 28/01/2013 09:48:51 |
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