CardCow Vintage Postcards

Tree Swallow

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Tree Swallow
Chrome unused

Description:
Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor) From Alaska to Mexico this swallow skims the open country for flying insects. Its white eggs are laid in a feather-lined tree cavity. The combination of steel-blue back and white underparts are its field marks. There is no sex distinction

Hepatic Tanager

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Hepatic Tanager
Chrome unused

Description:
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava hepatica) Only in the Southwest can we see the Hepatic Tanager in the United States. Its song is clearer than that of the well known Scarlet Tanager. It is 7-1/3 inches long. Females are dull olive green above and yellow olive below

Magnolia Warbler

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Magnolia Warbler
Chrome unused

Description:
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) Just over 5 inches long, this remarkably nervous and active warbler gleans an abundance of cankerworms and similar insects mostly from the leaves of woody plants. The female is duller than the male but equally active.

Rufous Hummingbird

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Rufous Hummingbird
Chrome unused

Description:
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) This, the only red-backed U.S. hummer, reaches Alaska, migrating up the coast and back to Mexico via the alpine meadows of the Rockies. Two tiny white eggs are laid in a 11/2 inch felt-like cup saddled to a twig.

Lazulj Bunting

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Lazulj Bunting
Chrome unused

Description:
Lazulj Bunting (Passerina amoena) On slopes of sage and brush this 51/2-inch bunting sings sweetly with paired notes. Its 3 to 4 pale blue eggs are deposited in a cup in a low bush. These birds summer widely in w. U.S., and s.w. Canada but enjoy the winters in Mexico.

Robin

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Robin
Chrome unused

Description:
Robin (Turdus migratorius) The best known North American bird is a harbinger of spring in the North and a welcome winter visitor in the South. Its Cheerful caroling is best heard at daybreak. Its blue eggs are laid in a grass-lined mud cup

Western Kingbird

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Western Kingbird
Chrome unused

Description:
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) Belligerent, this yellow-bellied kingbird bickers and stutters from its commanding perch. Common around ranches and open country, it avoids the woodlands. It summers from s.w. Canada to n. Mexico. Most birds leave the U.S. in winter.

Pyrrhuloxia

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Pyrrhuloxia
Chrome unused

Description:
Pyrrhuloxia (Pyrrhuloxia sinuata) In the far southwest lives the Pyrrhuloxia which in three forms looks like a gray or parrot-billed Cardinal. It is 9 inches long and sings like a Cardinal. Females lack red or have fainter red than the males

Scott's Oriole

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Scott's Oriole
Chrome unused

Description:
Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) Lemon yellow with a black head, this desert oriole has a marked preference for tree-yuccas where it conceals its nest among the dead daggers. There is not other yellow oriole in the deserts of s.w. U.S., but it prefers Mexico in the winter.

Western Bluebird

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Western Bluebird
Chrome unused

Description:
Western Bluebird (Sialia mecicana) Gentle birds of pleasing colors, bluebirds herald spring in the colder districts. In winter, they visit the low country in small flocks. Females are duller than males Their white eggs are laid in the feather-lined cavity of a stub or tree.

Eagle in Snow

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Eagle in Snow
Real Photo unused

Thousands Of Egrets Decorate This Mangrove Island

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Thousands Of Egrets Decorate This Mangrove Island
(FL), Linen unused

Description:
Thousands of Egrets decorate this mangrove island in newly opened Ever glades national Park, Florida.

Mockingbird

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Mockingbird
Linen unused

Description:
Mimus Polyglottos. Immortalized in music and literature, the lilting song of the Mockingbird has long been one of the rare delights of nature. The charm and variety of his song is surpassed by few other birds. True to his name, he delights in mimicking other birds and has even been known to mimic musical instruments. The world is his, and he makes himself at home equally in the small backyard or the open meadowland. One lone Mockingbird can lift his voice in song in the soft summer moonlight, and him. The nest is small and loosely made of twigs, usually located in shrubs or low trees.

Reudisdiwalkes

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Reudisdiwalkes
Linen PM 1946 Aug-05

Description:
Hirondelles

Woodcock

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Woodcock
Linen PM 1955 Jan-15

Description:
Philohela minor. The warmly hued little Woodcock has long been a great favorite among our game birds. His range covers estern North America and he is most frequently found in damp coverts or open upland woods. He nest on the ground ? but it takes a keen observer to locate it so well does it merge with the natural Cover. The Woodcock is particularly found of angleworms and his southward flight is largely governed by frosts which make this staple food no longer available. The whistling flight is swift but rarely of a prolonged nature. During the mating season, the male Woodcock emits a repeated nasal ?peent? - spirals up swiftly in short courting flights and descends again to strut proudly around the hen.

Kirtland's Warbler

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Kirtland's Warbler
Linen PM 1954 Feb-06

Description:
From Series 6 Originated by Betty Carnes Executed in Water Color by roger Tory Peterson Approved by American Nature Association

English Sparrow

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
English Sparrow
Linen unused

Description:
The enthusiasm with which this bird, the house sparrow of Europe and Asia, has been spread all over the world, despite many warnings about its habits, is difficult to understand. From 1850 to 1870 it was introduced in many places in the United States, Like the starling, it is a prolific, aggressive bird. Its worst fault is that it usurps for its nest holes, cavities and bird boxes that would otherwise be available to more attractive native birds. However, now they are here, we have no choice but to accept them as an integral part of our avian fauna. Any bird that can increase from a few thousand to millions, and spread over a continent in just a few years, clearly enjoys a wide margin of safety between its rate of reproduction and its rate of mortality. It is folly to think that bounties or any other artificial controls can be more than temporarily effective. The moment a local English sparrow or starling population is reduced below a region's carrying capacity for the species, it rapidly builds up again. In recent years, the decline of the horse has materially reduced the English sparrow carrying capacity of both city and country areas. Scientific name: Passer domesticus. Length: 6? inches. Range: Originally Now the temperate zones of every continent in the world.

Killdeer

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Killdeer
Linen unused

Description:
This plover derives its name from its oftrepeated note of kildee, kildee, dee,dee. It is a widely distributed bird and is generally known even by those who are not students of bird life. It not only frequents the shores of rivers and lakes, but is even more commonly found in pastures and cultivated areas where it usually occurs in small flocks. It may often be seen wheeling gracefully through the air, or again running along sandy beaches or mud-flats, as well as in fields and orchards. Here it picks up a great variety of insects and larvae of which its fare principally consists. Many of these are very injurious to agriculture and the killdeer is therefore one of our most useful birds. The killdeer consumes little time building a nest, but usually lines a shallow cavity on the ground with small pebbles. Four eggs are generally laid. These are creamy white, spotted with chocolate brown. Few examples of bird behavior are more stricking than the efforts of the killdeer to lead intruders away form the nest. On such occasions its piteous cries and fluttering form are very appealing. Scientific name: Chardrius Vociferus. Length: 10? inches. Range: Throughout most of North and South America.

Egret Group

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Egret Group
White Border unused

Description:
This bird has been brought to the verge of extinction through the use of its 'aigrette' plumes for millinery purposes. The bird wears these plumes only during the nesting season

Wild Turkeys In The Mountains Of West Virginia

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Wild Turkeys In The Mountains Of West Virginia
White Border unused

Description:
Egg-shells may be seen in the next beneath the log. The protectively colored young birds are on the ground at the right of the female

Whooping Crane

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Whooping Crane
White Border unused

Description:
This bird is now nearly extinct. It has not been known to nest in the United States since 1894. The few remaining specimens breed in the interior of British Columbia

Atlantic Puffin

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Atlantic Puffin
Chrome unused

Description:
"Atlantic Puffins once nested under boulders on many offshore Maine islands. However, hunting for food and feathers eliminated most colonies by 1900. Now an imaginative program of the National Audubon Society has moved young puffins from Newfoundland to Maine and offers hope that these appealing birds may recolonize former nesting islands."

A Chicken Ranch Flock Of 1200

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
A Chicken Ranch Flock Of 1200
(CA), Divided Back PM 1908 Aug-31

Storks The Search

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Storks The Search
Divided Back PM 1906 Jun-24

California Quail

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
California Quail
Linen PM 1957 Nov-13

Description:
Lophortyx californica. This elegant quail is far more striking in appearance than the better known "Bobwhite". California quail are among the loveliest and liveliest of our upland game birds, and elusive fellows to find. Living in the humid Pacific coast region, they love the seclusion of the chapparal covered slopes. Here they gather in flocks - usually with one bird staying apart to act as a lookout. Let something disturb the lookout and a low, shrill sound sends the whole flock scurrying away in every direction. Though they can fly easily and well they prefer to seek safety by darting over the ground under the protection of thick brush or chaparral.

Bonaparte's Gull

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Bonaparte's Gull
White Border PM 1933 Jul-21

Description:
Filed Museum of Natural History Chicago, U. S. A. This is the smallest of American gulls, during the spring and fall migrations large flocks of them gather along Chicago's lake front.

A Penguin Rookery

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
A Penguin Rookery
White Border unused

The Cardinal

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Cardinal
(KY), Linen unused

Description:
"The Cardinal" the Kentucky State Bird. Cardinal (Richmondena Cardinalis) Plate Number 159, John James Audubon. The original engraving hand colored. Owned by Audubon Memorial Museum, Audubon State Park, U. S. Highway 41, Henderson, Kentucky.

Ruffed Grouse

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Ruffed Grouse
Chrome unused

Description:
The Ruffed Grouse, or Partridge, in one of his Quiet moments. In flight, the beating of his wings is like a distant roll of thunder.

Bald Eagle

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Bald Eagle
Chrome unused

Description:
National Emblem of the United States of America. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus. The bald eagle, national emblem of the United States, is found in all states except Hawaii. Due to its outstanding ability as a skilled flyer and as a fighter, plus its strength, fierceness, and appearance, have long caused the eagle to be held in high esteem. It is a symbol of freedom, nobility, power, prestige, and conquest. It is found near water where it feeds on fish. Bald eagles can see their food from great heights. The nest may be 5 by 5 feet, and in the highest tree in the vicinity.

Pelicans

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Pelicans
Real Photo unused

Always On The Lookout For New Business

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Always On The Lookout For New Business
Linen PM 1939 Aug-02

Delma's Dance Hall

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Title:
Delma's Dance Hall
Linen unused

Description:
This performing animal demonstrates a brand new method of animal training. The animal has been trained by animal psychologist Keller Breland, at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Breland's animals learn by the reward system. No punishment is used. Once trained, they never forget and will happily perform for anyone. These educated animals are nationally famous. They have been featured on television and in Life. Popular Mechanics, Reader's Digest and other National Magazines.

Greetings From California Seagull

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Greetings From California Seagull
(CA), Divided Back unused

Description:
A gay old sport is he Seagull This particular ones a Hegull He goes on long flights for days and for nights It's kind of hard on his wife the Shegull

Migrating Canada Geese On Horicon Marsh

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Migrating Canada Geese On Horicon Marsh
Chrome unused

Description:
Migrating Canada geese on Horicon Marsh. U. S. A. These are the big birds that wing fame to the great Wisconsin Marsh in Dodge County, via Edgar G. Mueller photos, Mayville (like this one) seen around the world. 100,000 geese may be present and seen on highway 49, 4 miles east of Waupun, "The Wild Goose Center of Wisconsin."

Amazon Tiger Bettern, New York Zoological Park

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amazon Tiger Bettern, New York Zoological Park
Divided Back unused

Spectacled Owl, New York Zoological Park

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Spectacled Owl, New York Zoological Park
Divided Back unused

Hatch me out a House and Lot

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Hatch me out a House and Lot
Divided Back unused

Description:
If you will hatch me out- A house and lot - to the minister we'll go

My Little Friends

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
My Little Friends
Divided Back unused

Description:
Two farmyard playmates that I love Have flown to me from loft above

Owls

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Owls
Divided Back unused

Description:
A gay young owl sat in a tree, was he asleep? Oh no, not he! His neck at times he nearly broke To catch whate'er was done or spoke. Thus day by day he wiser grew, The more he saw, the more he knew; The more he knew, the less he talked, His wisdom in his heart he locked. As silence grew he grew more wise, Looked more the sage, with rounder eyes, Till of his wisdom all have heard: Let's imitate that famous bird.

The Drumming Duck

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Drumming Duck
Chrome unused

Description:
This performing animal demonstrates a brand new method of animal training. The animal has been trained by animal psychologist Keller Breland, at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Breland's animals learn by the reward system. No punishment is used. Once trained, they never forget and will happily perform for anyone. These educated animals are nationally famous. They have been featured on television and in Life, Popular Mechanics, Reader's Digest and other national magazines.

Whooping Crane

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Whooping Crane
Chrome unused

Description:
Whooping Cranes are protected by law at all times. Only a small number are left. You can help save these magnificent birds from extinction by asking your friends not to shoot at any large white bird. Stands over 4 feet tail. Has wingspread of 7 feet. Flies with neck and legs out straight. Is white with black wing-tips. Report any you see to your conservation officer

C82 "Maybe I am traveling too fast!"

Mon, 2 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
C82 "Maybe I am traveling too fast!"
Linen unused

To My Love

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
To My Love
Divided Back PM 1910 Feb-14

Game Hens

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Game Hens
Divided Back unused

Get Wise - Owls

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Get Wise - Owls
Divided Back PM Aug-00

Grammar School Owl

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Grammar School Owl
Divided Back

Chinese Pheasant

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Chinese Pheasant
Divided Back unused

Description:
Oregon's Famous Game Bird

Cawston's Ostrich Farm

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Title:
Cawston's Ostrich Farm
(CA), Divided Back PM 1908 Sep-26

Early Visitors

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:36:50 +0100

Title:
Early Visitors
Post Card (Undivided Back) PM 1907 Mar-30