For birds this week I decided to start with some game birds from Europe.
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| Switzerland - Alectoris graeca - Rock Partridge |
The Ring-necked Pheasant occurs in many countries, including -
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| Yugoslavia - Phasianus colchicus |
I just wonder whether a bird of prey used for sport would take one of those.
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| UAE - Falcon (issued 07/04/2013) |
Finally two birds from South Africa.
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| South Africa - Bokmakierie and Bateleur |
The Bokmakierie (Maiaconotus zeylonus) is a large yellow bushshrike. As you may be able to tell from its beak the Bateleur (Tetrathorpius ecaudatus) is an eagle.
7 comments:
Superbe stamps. I love the calligraphy art in the UAE stamp.
I like the two views of the South African stamps and also the stylised UAE falcon. I wondered if the Arabic lines were saying 'falcon', intrigued I had to look it up and found it is the word 'Emirates' shaped as a falcon, how clever.
Love all the bird pix. We get a lot of animal pix here.
My favourites are the South African ones. I like the design style..
I looked up the Islamic calligraphy in the falcon too - before reading Joy's comment. I find the images made with Islamic calligraphy fascinating.
A fine selection of birds.
Normally, I prefer the birds to be more realistic looking, but that UAE drawn falcon is fascinating!
Thank you for joining us this week.
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