Spoonbill & Honeycreeper

Roseate Spoonbill is a light coral colored wading bird; it’s part of the Ibis family. It’s a beautiful bird found in South America and the southern coast of the U.S., particularly in Florida. I’ve seen them in the bayous of Louisiana. They stand about three feet high with a wing-span of about four feet. When they’re mating, their features sometimes change to a bright magenta.

Scarlet Honeycreeper, or I’iwi based on the sound they make (i.e., ee-EE-wee). They mostly have scarlet feathers, except for the black feathers on its wings. They have a curved pointy bill, and a longer thin tongue that are used for extracting nectar from flowers. Found primarily in Hawaii, they mate when the Metrosideros polymorpha tree is in bloom as they feed on its nectar and use it to feed their young.

Note

There are so many stamps from which to choose, but I decided to focus on two stamps showing images of birds. I chose one bird I know fairly well, and another I’ve never seen but hope I will one day – if I ever get myself to Hawaii.

Contains 17 spots: own 17 – 17 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Wild Life of North America

1.1	✓	2303	Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	2304	American Lobster Homarus americanus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	2305	Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
1.4	✓	2306	Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	2307	Woodchuck Marmota monax	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	2308	Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	2309	Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
2.4	✓	2310	Alaskan Brown Bear Ursus arctos alascensis	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
2.5	✓	2311	I’iwi Drepanis coccinea	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	2312	American Badger Taxidea taxus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	2313	Pronghorn Antilocapra americana	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	2314	North American River Otter Lontra canadensis	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
3.4	✓	2315	Convergent Ladybug Hippodamia convergens	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	2316	North American Beaver Castor canadensis	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	2317	White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
4.3	✓	2318	Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor
4.4	✓	2319	Collared Pika Ochotona collaris	22c (jun 1987) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.