Raptor stamps coming soon!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

In a beautiful tribute to five of the coolest birds of prey soaring about the globe, the U.S. Postal Service will release a series of raptor stamps on January 20, 2012.

Artist Robert Giusti created the beautiful images that will embolden your letters. All five species - Northern Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, Golden Eagle, Osprey, and Northern Harrier - can be seen right here in Ohio, and far beyond.

I applaud the postal service for promoting birds through this eye-catching collection. Be sure to pick some up. For a bit more on the back story, CLICK HERE.

1 comments:

Vincent Lucas said...: First-class postage rates will jump to 45-cents at that time I believe.; December 29, 2011 6:07 PM

About the photos, and permission to use

Unless specifically noted, all photos used on this blog are by Jim McCormac, and are my property. If you are interested in the use of any of these photos, please contact me at ambrosia AT columbus DOT rr DOT com. I am generally fine with loaning photos for educational or non-commercial uses, but please ask! It is a bit disconcerting - and annoying - to see one's photos appear without credit elsewhere on the Internet.

Many of the photos used on this blog were shot with a Panasonic FZ50, which is a high-end point and shoot and an awesome camera. That model has been discontinued. While I still love my Panasonic and will use it until it gives up the ghost, more of my shots are now taken with a Nikon D7000, often with a 105 mm macro lens. For birds, I clip a 300 mm Tamron lens to the Nikon - that's the biggest lens currently in my arsenal.

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Thursday, December 29, 2011