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<u><b>Iranian Owl</b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) is a species of owl which
breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. This species is a part of the larger
grouping of owls known as typical owls of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strigidae family which contains most species
of owl. The other grouping of owls are the barn owls, family Tytonidae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Long-eared Owl is a medium sized owl,
31-37 cm in length with an 86-98 cm wingspan. It has erect blackish ear-tufts,
which are positioned in the center of the head. The female is larger in size
and darker in colouration than the male. The Long-eared Owl’s brownish feathers
are vertically streaked. Tarsus and toes are entirely feathered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its habitat is forest close to open country. It
nests in trees, often coniferous, using the old stick nests of other birds such
as crows, ravens and magpies and various hawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An unusual characteristic of this species is its communal nesting in
thickets during the winter months. The Long-eared Owl hunts over open country
by night. It is very long winged, like the similar Short-eared Owl, and glides
slowly on stiff wings when hunting. Its food is mainly rodents, small mammals,
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Little Owl (Athene noctua) breeding habitat in Iran is
usually in old seasonal river banks in rocky semi-deserts and deserts of Iran.
one of the fascinating places to watch many of them breeding in extreme eastern
steppes of Iran around Birjand Province. Little owl often sits in the
open in day time around the nest and if agitated, often bobs in an upright
posture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">The
<b>Brown Fish Owl</b> (Bubo zeylonensis or Ketupa zeylonensis) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl" title="Owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">owl</span></a>. This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">species</span></a>
is a part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29" title="Family (biology)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">family</span></a> known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typical_owl" title="Typical owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">typical owls</span></a>,
Strigidae, which contains most living owls. It inhabits the warm <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical" title="Subtropical"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">subtropical</span></a>
and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humid" title="Humid"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">humid</span></a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical" title="Tropical"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">tropical</span></a>
parts of continental <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Asia</span></a>
and some offshore islands.The four fish owls were previously generally
separated in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">genus</span></a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketupa" title="Ketupa"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ketupa</span></a>.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MtDNA" title="MtDNA"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mtDNA</span></a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochrome_b" title="Cytochrome b"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cytochrome b</span></a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_sequence" title="DNA sequence"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sequence</span></a>
data is equivocal on which genus name is applied for them, and today they are
commonly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters" title="Lumpers and splitters"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">lumped</span></a> with the horned and eagle-owls (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubo_%28genus%29" title="Bubo (genus)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bubo</span></a>)
– which they also resemble <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteological" title="Osteological"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">osteologically</span></a> very much – for sake of
convenience. Depending on whether some little-studied tropical eagle-owls are
closer to the fish-owls than to the typical eagle-owls, Ketupa might be a valid
genus if these as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_owl" title="Fishing owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">fishing owls</span></a> (formerly Scotopelia) are included
in it. It is a large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl" title="Owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">owl</span></a>
with prominent "ear" tufts, typically around 55 centimetres
(22 in) in length and weighing 2–2.5 kilograms (4.4–5.5 lb) when fully
grown. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Subspecies</span></a>
differ in size and males are smaller than females, with the smallest birds not
quite 50 cm (20 in) long and weighing as little as 1,100 grams
(39 oz). The upperparts are reddish brown and heavily streaked with black
or dark brown. The underparts are buff to whitish, with dark streaks and finer
brown barring. The throat is white and can be conspicuously puffed, while the
facial disk is indistinct. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_%28anatomy%29" title="Iris (anatomy)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">irides</span></a>
are yellow, the feet a duller yellow, and the bill is dark. Sexes do not differ
in appearance except for size.</span></div>
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<b>Spotted Owlet</b> (Athene brama) is a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl" title="Owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">owl</span></a> which breeds in
tropical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Asia</span></a>
from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">India</span></a>
to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Southeast Asia</span></a>.
A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it
has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of
trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It nests in a hole in a tree or
building, laying 3-5 eggs. The species is absent from Sri Lanka, although the
birds are found across the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palk_Straits" title="Palk Straits"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Palk Straits</span></a>, just 30 kilometres away at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameshwaram" title="Rameshwaram"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rameshwaram</span></a>.
Nests near human habitations may show higher breeding success due to increased
availability of rodents for feeding young. The species shows a lot of variation
including clinal variation in size and forms a superspecies with the very
similar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Owl" title="Little Owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Little Owl</span></a>.
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Spotted Owlet is small (21 cm) and stocky. The
upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are
white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow.
There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. The flight is
deeply undulating. The nominate form is darker than the paler forms such as indica
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Iran. Iran also hosts Ascalaphus sub specie of eagle owls. The other sub specie
known as desertorum lives in arid regions of Arabia. In Iran we should be able
to observe two different variants of eagle owl; One being common eagle owl and
the other being Ascalaphus SS. The Ascalaphus is known to be 20% smaller and
has paler underparts blending to less spoted and blotched markings. In compare
with eagles, smaller than the Golden Eagle but larger than the Snowy Owl. Snowy
owl is hardly seen in Iran only random reports of them wintering in NE Iran.
Eagle owl is titled the Iran's largest owl. The photo on the right is
Ascalaphus SS of eagle owl (Bubo ascalaphus) which is resident in Iran. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Eagle Owl has a wingspan of up to 138-200
cm and measures 58-75 cm long. Females weigh 1.75-4.2 kg and males weigh
1.5-3.2 kg. It mainly feeds on small mammals, but can kill prey up to the size
of foxes, Jackals and young deer (up to 10 kg/22 lb), if taken by surprise.
I've seen her at night rubbing a sparrow hawk of its sleeping branch of a tree.
Fur or feather eagle owls are savvy night hunters. Larger prey is consumed on
the ground which leaves the bird vulnerable to ground hunters like wolves. The
call of the Eagle Owl is a deep resonant “ooh-hu” with emphasis on the first
syllable for the male, and a more high-pitched uh-Hu for the female (in German,
the name of this bird is "Uhu"). Each member of an Eagle Owl
population can be identified by means of its vocalizations. The size, ear tufts
and orange eyes make this a distinctive species. It has a strong direct flight.
The ear tufts of males are more upright than those of females. </span></div>
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known as the typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The
other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">The <b>Pallid Scops Owl</b> (Otus brucei) is a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scops_Owl" title="Scops Owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Scops Owl</span></a>
ranging from the Middle East to West and Central Asia, sometimes called the <b>Striated
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to West and Central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" title="Asia"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Asia</span></a>,
with some populations <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">moving</span></a> as far as the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt,
and Pakistan in the winter. It inhabits semi-open country with trees and bushes
and has an estimated range of one to ten million kilometers. This species has
an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for
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decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been
quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Crested Serpent Eagles</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Crested Serpent Eagles are medium-sized eagles that live throughout
Indochina and southern Asia, in a wide range of habitats. Generally, Crested
Serpent Eagles are dark from above with a lighter brown underside. They have
white spots and streaks on their wing coverts and scapulars and the underside
of their flight feathers is black with broad white bands. The nape of neck and
the crown are black, while the crest is brown and barred with white. The breast
is barred or a solid color, and the belly, thighs, and crissum are rufous with
dark barring and white spots. The tail is black with a white tip and thick
white bar. The wings are short and broad. When the crest is raised in alarm, it
frames the entire face. Legs are unfeathered, and the eyes are bright yellow.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Habitat and Distribution:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They occur in a wide range of
habitats, including rain forest, open savannah, mangrove swamps, plantations,
ravines, evergreen and deciduous forest, and tidal creeks. Crested Serpent
Eagles tolerate habitat disturbance, as long as there are some large trees.
They live from 0-1,500 meters above sea level, but go as high as 2,500 m in
Taiwan and 3,350 m in Nepal. They are irruptive or local migrants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their range spans the Indian
subcontinent and southern Asia, from the Himalayas, the Kashmir region, and
Nepal east to Tibet, southern China, and the Malay peninsula, along with the
Philippines, Indonesia, Borneo, and the Andaman Islands. Their total
distribution size is 7,720,000 km², from 35°N to 9°S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">The
Crested Serpent Eagle, as its </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">English</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> name suggests, is a
specialist </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">reptile</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> eater which hunts over
forests, often close to wet grassland, for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" title="Snake"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">snakes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> and
</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">lizards</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">. It is placed along with
the snake eagles of the genus <i>Circaetus</i> in the subfamily <i>Circaetinae</i>.
It is found mainly over areas with thick vegetation both on the low hills and
the plains. This species is a resident species, but in some parts of their
range they are found only in summer. The breeding season is mainly in winter to
spring. The nest is a large platform built high on a tree. Both birds in a pair
build the nest but the female alone incubates. In central India, the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_tomentosa" title="Terminalia tomentosa"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Terminalia tomentosa</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> is
often used. The nests are lined with green leaves from the tree on which it is
placed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The usual clutch is one egg but
two are sometimes laid and only a single chick is successfully raised in a
season. Nests are defended by the parents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Within
its widespread range across tropical Asia, 21 populations have been named as
subspecies. The most widespread subspecies are the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominate_subspecies" title="Nominate subspecies"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">nominate</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">
from along the sub-</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Himalayan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">
range in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">India</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Nepal</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>melanotis</i>
in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_India" title="Peninsular India"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Peninsular India</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>spilogaster</i>
of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Sri Lanka</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>burmanicus</i> in most
of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochina" title="Indochina"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Indochina</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>ricketti</i> in
northern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Vietnam</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> and southern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" title="China"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">China</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>malayensis</i>
of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai-Malay_Peninsula" title="Thai-Malay Peninsula"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Thai-Malay Peninsula</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> and
northern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Sumatra</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>pallidus</i> from
northern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Borneo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>richmondi</i> from southern
Borneo, <i>bido</i> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Java</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali" title="Bali"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Bali</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>batu</i>
from southern Sumatra and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Islands" title="Batu Islands"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Batu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>hoya</i> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Taiwan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>rutherfordi</i>
from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Hainan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, and <i>palawanensis</i> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Palawan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">. The remaining subspecies
are all restricted to smaller islands: <i>davisoni</i> in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andamans" title="Andamans"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Andamans</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>minimus</i> (Central
Nicobar Serpent Eagle) from the central </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobars" title="Nicobars"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Nicobars</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>perplexus</i> (Ryukyu
Serpent Eagle) from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu" title="Ryukyu"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Ryukyu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>natunensis</i>
(Natuna Serpent Eagle) from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natuna" title="Natuna"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Natuna</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>abbotti</i>
(Simeulie Serpent Eagle) from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeulue" title="Simeulue"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Simeulue</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>sipora</i> (Mentawai
Serpent Eagle) from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentawai_Islands_Regency" title="Mentawai Islands Regency"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Mentawai</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, <i>asturinus</i>
(Nias Serpent Eagle) from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nias" title="Nias"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Nias</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">, and <i>baweanus</i>
(Bawean Serpent Eagle) of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bawean" title="Bawean"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">Bawean</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">.
The last seven (with English names in brackets) are sometimes treated as
separate species. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the Crested
Serpent Eagle remains widespread and fairly common overall, some of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxa" title="Taxa"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">taxa</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">
that are restricted to small islands are believed to have relatively small
populations that likely are in the hundreds. The rarest is probably the Bawean
Serpent Eagle with a declining population of about 26–37 pairs, which makes it </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critically_endangered" title="Critically endangered"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">critically endangered</span></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;">.
The specific name <i>cheela</i> is derived from the Hindi name for kites.</span></div>
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MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-50501068512111961452012-05-01T08:26:00.001+05:302012-05-01T08:26:03.237+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Butterflies’ vibrant colors and
gentle flight overwhelm us with feelings of wonder and joy. These beautiful
flying insects have inspired artists, poets and intellectuals alike. Their
wondrous life cycle, called a “complete cycle”, is made up of four stages: egg,
caterpillar, pupa and adult. A complete cycle from egg to adult is called a
generation. Some butterfly species produce one generation per year while others
produce numerous generations within a single year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The lifespan of an adult butterfly
varies among species, with adults of some species living for approximately one
week and others for a number of weeks or even months. Some species are
considered to be local while others migrate for distances of hundreds
and thousands of kilometers. To date, some 150,000 species belonging to
the Lepidoptera order have been identified throughout the world, of which
approximately 20,000 species are butterflies, and the rest are moths. In Israel
there are an estimated 2,300 Lepidoptera species, including 142 species of
butterflies. Mt. Hermon is the richest butterfly species site in Israel, with
no less than 100 different species! Mt. Hermon is the southernmost point of
distribution for 30 of these 100 species, which do not fly to any other areas in
Israel. Overall, Israel’s butterfly population may be categorized into seven
families. Five of those families are represented among the butterflies featured
in the stamp series:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Swallowtail </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Papilio machaon syriacus represents the Papilionidae
family. Many members of his family display prominent colors, including
black, yellow and red. These colors serve to warn birds and lizards that they
are poisonous.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Red admiral </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Vanessa atalanta represents the Nymphalidae family. Like
many of the species belonging to this family, this butterfly remains
camouflaged as long as its wings are closed because its underwings are dull in
color, revealing its bold colors only when its wings are open wide.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Caper white </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Anaphaeis aurota represents the Pieridae family of white and
yellow butterflies. This butterfly’s white wings are decorated with black
markings. This species migrates to Israel from Africa nearly every summer and
it may be seen flying throughout Israel until early winter.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plain tiger </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Danaus chrysippus is the only representative of the
Danainae family to be found in Israel. It migrates annually from Africa to
Israel and belongs to the same scientific genus as the American Monarch
butterfly, considered to be the most famous butterfly in the world thanks to
the tremendous distances it migrates.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Common blue </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- Polyommatus icarus zelleri <b>and Tawny silver-line </b>-
Apharitis acamas represent the largest family of butterflies in Israel – the
Lycaenidae family. Like many of the males belonging to this family, the Common
blue male is bright blue in color in order to attract females, while the
coloring of the Tawny silver-line allows it to blend into its surroundings and
remain camouflaged from its enemies.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Butterflies Assist in Biodiversity
Conservation </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently declared that the threat of extinction
of animal and plant species has reached a level of global crisis. Within the
framework of worldwide efforts to curb extinction, butterflies have been
identified as effective bio-indicators of ecosystem changes and have become an
important component in natural and environmental preservation. While constant
and long term monitoring of butterfly species provides information
regarding the loss and extinction of rare butterflies, no less importantly, a
dwindling of butterfly varieties also indicates a similar dwindling of plant
species and various other animal groups. Members of The Israeli Lepidopterists
Society promote national butterfly monitoring in Israel, doing so throughout
the country. The Society also initiated a bill to protect 14 endangered
butteflies species and a law was enacted in 2009.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Technical
Details</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Issue
Date: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12.04.2011<br />
<b>Values: </b>$2.88</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">To date, 154 different species of butterflies have been registered in the Faroe Islands. Most of them do not breed here, but arrive with the help of warm currents of air from the south, sometimes all the way from Southern Europe and Africa. New species are constantly being registered. It can be mentioned as an example that only 54 species had been registered in 1954 and that this had increased to 106 by 1999. Compared with the countries that lie to the south of the Faroes, 154 species is no great number. In Denmark, for instance, 2,500 species have been registered.None of the species mentioned here are native to the Faroes, but can be seen here from time to time. The painted lady, Vanessa cardui, and the peacock butterfly belong to the brush-footed family, Nymphalidae, and fly during the day. The hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, and the death's-head hawk-moth, Acherontia atropos, belong to the Sphingidae family of moths and fly from twilight until late at night.The peacock butterfly, Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
The peacock butterfly is a rare guest in the Faeroes and was first registered here in 1938. The species is native to the countries south of us, such as Great Britain, Denmark and Norway. It has a wingspan of between 5-6 cm and an eye-spot at the tip of all four wings that resemble the 'eyes' on a peacock's tail. The caterpillar, which lives on stinging nettles, (Urtica dioica) has been found in the Faroes only once and that was at Haldórsvík in 1992. In the countries the peacock butterfly is native to, it usually hibernates in such locations as warehouse buildings so it sometimes arrives in the country together with freight.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The painted lady, Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
The painted lady has a wingspan of 5-6 cm and is resident in North Africa. It is not seen in the Faroes every year, but some years see an invasion of them, such as in 2009, which has been called a record year throughout Europe. When they come to the Faroes they fly immediately to the top of the mountains. This phenomenon is known as "hill topping" and gives them a fine opportunity to find a mate once they have arrived in the new country. They then lay their eggs on the creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) and on stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) that the caterpillars feed on. A new generation hatches in the autumn if the summer has been fine and the butterflies fly south to winter in warmer countries.The first time we hear about the painted lady in the Faroes is from expeditions during the period 1863-68. The butterfly can travel long distances and one found its way to the far north in Svalbard in 1978.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
The hawk-moth, which was first registered in the Faroes in 1947, comes from North Africa. Eleven of them were observed in the Faroes in 2003 and, as they are very rare here, this constituted a record year. They can have a wingspan of 12 cm and can fly as fast as 55 kilometres an hour. The hawk-moth lives on nectar and, like the hummingbird, it can hover in mid-air on its rapidly-beating wings while it feeds on nectar with the help of its long proboscis. The caterpillar lives on various species of the Convolvulaceae family, in the Faroes on plants of the dock family, Rumex.The death's-head hawk-moth, Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
This very rare guest from North Africa is the biggest moth ever found in the Faroes and can have a wingspan of more than 13 cm. The death's head hawk moth is one of the few moths that can whistle by blowing air through its proboscis. The first time anything was heard of this moth in the Faroes was on 20 October 1933. Leif Dahl (Firvaldar 1956) wrote as follows:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"A man was fishing along the coast east of Fugloy. Suddenly, he saw what he thought were three small birds flying in from the sea. One of them fell into the water while the two others continued towards the land. When the man reached what he had thought was a bird, it proved to be a death's- head hawk-moth."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The female moth lays between 150 and 200 eggs, but the population has declined greatly. This is due to the fact that the caterpillar lives in areas where potatoes are grown and the commercialisation of potato-growing has led to the use of large quantities of pesticides. New, modern agricultural machinery is also believed to have had a negative effect on the population.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[WOPA - Gibr. website - thanks to them]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hans Eli Sivertsen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-57068338620649452432012-03-22T09:07:00.000+05:302012-03-22T09:07:38.744+05:30jersey butterfly Singapore 1995<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d2pi6rfImAPr99DBOcf1GRZSFv2_vH4BTTO9cMYDzW2h4Z2j473ri2hyru5Z0k6_tFPWqCdNsWJGdx3ejnC65Q2lbO1IPZ_4HFlDOj_d8bQaXM3CnYN_HXK92uiJIixq7a63EWGywgQ/s1600/jers1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d2pi6rfImAPr99DBOcf1GRZSFv2_vH4BTTO9cMYDzW2h4Z2j473ri2hyru5Z0k6_tFPWqCdNsWJGdx3ejnC65Q2lbO1IPZ_4HFlDOj_d8bQaXM3CnYN_HXK92uiJIixq7a63EWGywgQ/s400/jers1.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAewiat4X6HOYvRjC8-d9Vu1n0UQI-enfTuT1PXWdLcIfkrY7grTEbEIzv2KV0-w5POT0q28Ht-DiC3_lHqUvpUPnkw7Fi4w_RC-5yeoVWM9KCSUrlQZtnQjjEyzHphUMHtMoReN8YII/s1600/jerfact1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAewiat4X6HOYvRjC8-d9Vu1n0UQI-enfTuT1PXWdLcIfkrY7grTEbEIzv2KV0-w5POT0q28Ht-DiC3_lHqUvpUPnkw7Fi4w_RC-5yeoVWM9KCSUrlQZtnQjjEyzHphUMHtMoReN8YII/s320/jerfact1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Today I post FDCs of Jersey having butterfly stamps and MS duly cancelled.<br />
</div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-79210963418320223612012-03-20T08:29:00.000+05:302012-03-20T08:29:03.805+05:30Owls - Barn Owls of England<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here I post a FDC of England on Barn owls. Date 20-5-1986 - species at risk<br />
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</div></div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-90796200769571353412012-03-13T21:46:00.000+05:302012-03-13T21:46:45.902+05:30Aruba owls - birds of prey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">here under i post a set of FDCs of WWF series showing aruba owls.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 1 - a man posts a letter in the letter box on the street</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 2 - the man shakes the letter box to ensure that the letter goes well into the letter box</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 3 - the man sits on the road waiting for the peon to arrive to clear the letter box</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 4 - anxiously sees the peon clearing the letter box</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 5 - follows the peon upto the post office</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 6 - travels in the mail van, hanging outside the mail van</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 7 - travels in train looking outside to ensure the mail carriage follows his bogie<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which he travels</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 8 - follows the postman - the postman delivers the letter to the addressee to whom</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the man sent the letter - tells sabhash[well done] the letter reached the addressee.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">photo 8 -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this is the anguish felt by the post lovers. nowadays in india nobody knows when one's mail will reach its destination since there is much confusion in transmission mode and every day it gets changed. In the hierarchy nobody wants to take care of and they enjoy their own life and do not care about the ordinary man</span><br />
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</div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-85229771715427546032012-02-14T22:02:00.000+05:302012-02-14T22:02:46.854+05:30flamingo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">a paper news<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g-Q1nrzn0to/TzqLbU0tQpI/AAAAAAAAAaE/OLL8pQJxzko/s1600/Scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g-Q1nrzn0to/TzqLbU0tQpI/AAAAAAAAAaE/OLL8pQJxzko/s320/Scan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>hereunder post a news in todays paper on flamingoes</div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-86100386864492241482012-02-14T08:52:00.000+05:302012-02-14T08:52:10.431+05:30a news paper cutting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">here after a long time<br />
i am returning to blogging<br />
hope will continue to post regularly.<br />
do visit and offer your comments<br />
and valuable suggestions<br />
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this is about my stamp of jihar desai<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVAvkifQ2Ts/TznTMJc1i2I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/--DAxOy9fXA/s1600/Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVAvkifQ2Ts/TznTMJc1i2I/AAAAAAAAAZ8/--DAxOy9fXA/s320/Picture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>here is seen in that paper cutting<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">After a long break due to official commitments, I am returning to the blogging.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here under I post a used registered envelope containing 4v of BUTTERFLY </div><div style="text-align: justify;">stamps issued on 25.05.1962 by Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> in denomination of Pfg. 7+3, 10+5, 20+10, and 40+20, which was used </div><div style="text-align: justify;">on 17.08.1962.</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4qhhAQy0L2A/TbJfguehNjI/AAAAAAAAAZU/kp9U8S9yXb8/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270px" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4qhhAQy0L2A/TbJfguehNjI/AAAAAAAAAZU/kp9U8S9yXb8/s400/1.jpg" width="400px" /></a><br />
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Thanks to my blogger friend.<br />
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Hereunder I post six owl stamps of St. Vin. & the grenedines with FV 10, 20, 50, 70. 90, 100 cents<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q0rHkdsPHO0/TWndAFzTsKI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/lSuOvWqbOgo/s1600/grenada+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" l6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q0rHkdsPHO0/TWndAFzTsKI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/lSuOvWqbOgo/s400/grenada+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-24757428077233051752011-02-27T10:32:00.000+05:302011-02-27T10:32:59.750+05:30Birds of prey - owl - Aruba<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">27-2-2011<br />
Today I show hereunder four stamps of Aruba Burrowing owls 5c, 10c, 35c, 40c<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <b>Burrowing Owl</b> (<b><i>Athene cunicularia</i></b>) is a tiny, but long-legged </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_owl" title="True owl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">owl</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">grasslands</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangeland" title="Rangeland"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">rangelands</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">agricultural</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> areas, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert" title="Desert"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">deserts</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, or any other dry, open area with low vegetation</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_Owl#cite_note-lewis2005-0"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[1]</span></span></sup></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. They nest and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird#Resting_and_roosting" title="Bird"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">roost</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in burrows, such as those excavated by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog" title="Prairie dog"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">prairie dogs</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (<i>Cynomys</i> spp.). Unlike most owls, Burrowing Owls are often active during the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnality" title="Diurnality"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">day</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, although they tend to avoid the mid-day heat. Most hunting is still done from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular" title="Crepuscular"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">dusk</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> until </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn" title="Dawn"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">dawn</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, like many owls, when they can use their night vision and hearing to their advantage. </span>Burrowing Owls have bright yellow eyes. The beak can be between yellowish or greenish depending on the subspecies. They lack ear tufts and have a flattened facial disc. The owls have prominent white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercilium" title="Supercilium"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">eyebrows</span></a> and a white "chin" patch which they expand and display during certain <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology" title="Ethology"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">behaviors</span></a>, such as bobbing of the head when agitated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adults have brown upper parts with white spotting. The chest and belly are white with variable brown spotting or barring, also depending on the subspecies. Juvenile owls are similar in appearance, but they lack most of the white spotting above and brown barring below. Also, the young owls have a buff bar across the upper wing and their breast may be buffy rather than white. Burrowing Owls of all ages have grayish legs longer than other owls. Males and females are similar in size and appearance. Females tend to be heavier, but males tend to have longer linear measurements (wing length, tail length, etc.). Adult males appear lighter in color than females because they spend more time outside the burrow during daylight, and their feathers become "sun-bleached". The average adult is slightly larger than an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin" title="American Robin"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">American Robin</span></a> (<i>Turdus migratorius</i>), at 25 cm (10 inches) length, 53 cm (21 inches) wingspan, and 170g (6 oz). <span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">The Burrowing Owl is a buffy-colored, long-legged owl with large, yellow eyes. This diurnal species can be seen sitting in open areas in small family groups, apparently unphased by the burning afternoon sun. Burrowing Owls are much loved by the native islanders and appear on Aruba’s currency and postal stamps. Sadly, their populations seem to have declined greatly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">[[thanks to web authors]]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410489994359139558.post-7661687018835712322011-02-13T08:07:00.001+05:302011-02-13T08:08:47.658+05:30Indian Birds over view - special covers on 9th def. series of bird stamps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">13-2-11<br />
Today I post hereunder three special covers showing stamps of 9th def. series bird<br />
stamps of india. 100ps, 400 ps, 5000 ps. stamps were shown in part IV of overview.<br />
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Date :: 20-7-2000<br />
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Date :: 20-9-2001<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Covers of VIII series were used. Thanks to my blogger friend for providing these covers.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>MANO'S PASSION FOR STAMPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06566013987347361124noreply@blogger.com0