WOOD PIGEON
A native Wood Pigeon, or Kereu, temporarily at rest in a tree. These large, fat birds are a welcome sight in the New Zealand bush, making a swooshing sound as they go plummeting past.
Postcrossing: New Zealand; 37 days; 8,646 miles
Postmarked: June - July 2026
He began to notice that her adoring gazes were reserved for breakfast burritos.
From Troubled Birds: 50 Postcards
Postcrossing: United States; 13 days; 648 miles
Postmarked: Saint Louis, Missouri; July 2026
Cockatoos don't fly in formation.
The Lesson: There's no POINT going through LIFE being REGIMENTAL unless someone like the AIR FORCE is paying you lots of money TO DO SO.
Postcrossing Unofficial: New Zealand
Postmarked: 2025
GREETINGS FROM FLORIDA
A gorgeous bird is the Pelican,
Whose beak can hold more than his Belican,
He can put in his beak, food enough for a week,
But I'll be d--d if I see how in Helican.
Postmarked: Comstock, Michigan; March 2025
Postcrossing: Japan; 24 days; 7,172 miles
Postmarked: February - March 2025
Our national symbol, the Bald eagle.
Protected by the Endangered Species Act, the majestic Bald eagle has made a spectacular comeback from the brink of extinction.
Swap-Bot: Scattergories 'E' Round 15
Postmarked: Phoenix, Arizona; November 2024
Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri
In large, tightly packed groups, these penguins take turns entering the warm center to shelter from the icy winds. In order to keep the chicks especailly cozy, the eggs are kept inside the father's pouch. The mother lays only one egg each year, then returns for two months to the sea.
Swap-Bot: November 2024 Postcard Swap International
Postmarked: Suburban, Illinois; November 2024
ROADRUNNER
The comical roadrunner much prefers running to flying, often at speeds of nearly 15 miles per hour.
From my grandmother: Alamagordo, New Mexico; October 1994
ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK
COMMON LOON
The Loon is commonly found in lake and marsh areas, where its yodel-like call can be heard in the early morning stillness.
Postmarked: 2008
Indigo Bunting
From my mom: 2010
Horned grebe, or Slavonian grebe, Podiceps aurtitus
Postcrossing: Finland; 43 days; 4,304 miles
Postmarked: July - August 2024
Western Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma california
Common in coastal regions in brushy areas and oak woods; uncommon inland in dry open oak-juniper woods.
Swap-Bot: Piles of Postcards #14
Postmarked: Saint Petersburg/Tampa, Florida; June 2025
Gray catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Common in brushy understory of woods, often in damp shaded areas.
Swap-Bot: Just Because PC Swap #29
Postmarked: Charlotte, North Carolina; May 2019
Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
Famous for imitating the calls of other birds, as well as cars and sirens, or other sounds, it dwells in scrub woodlands and gardens, eating insects - and colorful berries. The state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas, it ranges south of the Great Lakes, in South Dakota, and Oregon.