A Golden Fronted Woodpecker

National Postcard Week
May 3 - 9, 2015

Golden Fronted Woodpecker on a tree stump in Alamo, Texas.

This limed edition postcard from Demaris Swint is a limited edition of 250. 

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers

Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Hear Bobby's story fist hand -
"Rediscovering the Ivory-billed Woodpecker"

Bobby Harrison is one of only three people to officially sight the ivory-billed woodpecker almost a year ago, thus rediscovering a bird once believed to be extinct.

Presentation is at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Saturday,  February 4, 2006

A Cartoon Woodpecker in Poland

Zakuwam na Okraglo

The sender writes...
Well when you say "zakuwam na okraglo" everyone understands that you study all the time. But when we think what these words mean literally, we also get another meaning and it is shown in the postcard  (this is what woodpecker is doing).  It is an idiom, so we don't translate it literally it’s only shown this way in the postcard to be more interesting and funny.

This is postmarked from Poland in 2007.

I love how he is carving math problems into the tree ;-)

Birds from Finland

Birds that nest in Finland

Pihapiirin Lintuja
Gardsplanens Faglar

This postcard is huge!  8 1/2 inches X 11 1/2 inches

Haarapasky, Ladusvala, Hirundo Rustica (Barn Swallow)
Harakka, Skata, Pica Pica (European Magpie)
Keltasirkku, Gulsparv, Emberiza Citrinella (Yellowhammer)
Kirjosieppo, Svartvit Flugsnappare, Ficedula Hypoleuca (Pied Flycatcher)
Kottarainen, Stare, Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling)
Kuukkeli, Lavskrika, Perisoreus Infaustus  (Siberian Jay)
Toyhtotiainen, Tofsmes, Parus Cristatus  (Crested Tit)
Kapytikka, Storre Hackspett, Dendrocopos Major (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
Leppalinu, Rodstjart, Phoenicurus Phoenicurus (Common Redstart)
Mustarastas, Koltrast, Turdus Merula (blackbird)
Naakka, Kaja, Corvus Monedula (Jackdaw)
Narhi Notskrika, Garrulus Glandarius  (Eurasian Jay)
Pajulintu, Lovsangare, Phylloscopus Trochilus (Willow Warbler)
Peippo, Bofink, Fringilla Coelebs (Chaffinch)
Punakykirastas, Rodvingetrast, Turdus Iliacus (Redwing)
Punarinta, Rodhake, Erithacus rubecula (European Robin)
Punatulkke, Domhere, Pyrrhula Pyrrhula (Eurasian Bullfinch)
Pahkinahakki, Notkraka, Nucifraga Caryocatactes (Spotted Nutcracker)
Rakattirastas, Bjorkrast, Turdus Pilaris (Fieldfare)
Sinitainen, Blames, Parus Caeruleus (Blue Tit)
talitainen, Talgoxe, Parus Major (Great Tit)
Tikli, Steglits, Carduelis Carduelis (European Goldfinch)
Tilhi, Sidensvans, Bombycilla Garrulus  (Bohemian Waxwing)
Varis, Kraka, Corvus Corone  (Carrion Crow)
Varpunnen, Grasparv, Passer Domesticus (House Sparrow)
Viherpeippo, Gronfink, Carduelis Chloris  (European Greenfinch)
Urpiainen, Grasiska, Carduelis Flammea (Common Redpoll)
Vastarakki, Sadesarla, Motacilla Alba (White Wagtail)
2009

Forest Birds from the Netherlands

Bosvogels (Forest Birds)

1. Appelvink (Hawfinch)
2. Grauwe Vliegenvanger (Spotted Flycatcher)
3. Bonte Vliegenvanger (Pied Flycatcher)
4. Zwarte Mees (Coal Tit)
5. Koolmees (Tomtit)
6. Pimpelmees (Nun)
7. Merel (Blackbird)
8. Roodborst (Robin)
9. Vink (Finch)
10. Glanskop (Marsh Tit)
11. Staartmees (Long-tailed Tit)
12. Kuifmees (Crested Tit)
13. Zanglijster (Mavis)
14. Spreeuw (Starling)
15. Groenling (Greenfinch)
16. Winterkoning (Wren)
17. Goudvink (Bullfinch)
18. Heggenmus  (Dunnock)
19. Tjiftjaf  (Warbler)
20. Vuurgoudhaan (Firecrest)
21. Goudhaan (Goldcrest)
22. Gaai (Jay)
23. Zwarte Specht (Black Woodpecker)
24. Grote Bonte Specht (Great Spotted Woodpecker)
25. Gekraagde Roodstaart (Redstart)
26. Boomklever (Nuthatch)
27. Boomkruiper (Tree Creeper)
28. Zwartkop (Blackcap)
29. Fluiter (Whistler)
30 Ransuil (Long-eared Owl)
31. Bosuil (Tawny Owl)
32. Groene Specht (Yaffle or European Green Woodpecker)

I put everything into an on-line translator to write them in English.  I hope they are all correct!

This postcard is postmarked in 2014 from the Netherlands.  The sender writes that these are the birds found in the forests of Holland.

Pileated Woodpeckers

Pileated Woodpeckers

unused, bought in 2013 from http://www.zazzle.com/9teen87

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The Pileated Woodpecker is a very large North American woodpecker, roughly crow-sized, found in forests in eastern North America and some forests of Canada. It is also the largest woodpecker in the United States, except the possibly extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker.

A Black Woodpecker from Finland

Yleisen Sarjan 2. Palkinto
"Palokarjen pyrahdys"
Foto: Juho Rahkonen
Suomen Luonnonkuvaajat ry,
Vuoden Luontokuvakilpailu 2001

Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliitto:
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

Translation:
General Series 2 Prize
"Black Woodpecker Sprint"
Photo: Juho Rahkonen
Finnish Nature Photographers Association,
In the Nature Photo Competition 2001

The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
2010

Woodpecker, a Young White-Backed Woodpecker

Ernst Dirksen Fotografie (Ernst Dirksen Photography)

There is no mention of what kind of bird this is.  I was thinking a Finch, but it was mentioned by my dear friend Kilona that it looks like a white-backed woodpecker.  If you search for young ones, this is what they look like :D
2011