Thank you again, Maffe from Suomi/Finland :) !
Someday, I'll send an Avery 8665 transparent label to a partner/friend from Finland, who will affix a matching Finnish stamp with the Boreal Owl.
Then that stamp, on the label, will get a handcancel/postmark from a cooperating/open-minded postal associate (postal clerk) from Finland.
Once I receive the stamped and postmarked label back, I could carefully affix that onto my cool wooden postcard, which postcard I don't want to risk to lose it, if I were to mail it back to Finland.
Some might say that "an owl is an owl" - who cares about the different species of owls? :)
Well, the Boreal Owl is not...Karen Blixen's [pet] owl.
The Boreal Owl is actually..Tengmalm's Owl.
"This type of owl was featured in Out of Africa (film) as Karen Blixen's pet, although it is not native to Africa and was not the species of owl the real Karen Blixen kept".
"Tengmalm's Owl, Aegolius funereus, is a small owl. It is known as the Boreal Owl in North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae. This bird is named after the Swedish naturalist Peter Gustaf Tengmalm."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_owl
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That is an especially beautiful owl.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky the card arrived intact. Some time ago someone sent me a thin wooden card and it arrived in pieces, in a bag.
ReplyDeleteI like collecting different types of wooden postcards. Some are very fragile. You are lucky this arrived in one piece.
ReplyDeleteWhat a special card and beautiful bird. Also a great story of postal friendship.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen the film but I'll look out for the owl when I do:-)
Thanks for the story to "Go-With"!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card... interesting about the owl in Out of Africa. Thanks for Sharing. Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteCute, but not the brightest of birds (per owl trainer for the Harry Potter films). Funny how many films owls appeared in.
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