Hello everyone,  I am sorry for my long absence but lack of time prevented me from updating my blog.  Moreover, I managed to break my scanner so at the moment I only have very few covers on my laptop that I haven't already uploaded here.

I bought this cover from Ebay.  It was mailed from Taiwan to Colombia.  The stamp was issued in 1983 and it comes from a set of two.

Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus): It is a bird of prey found in Asia .  It is a medium-sized raptor which preys on large insects, lizards, frogs and small mammals.  This species is migratory.

Thank you George for this great cover from Taiwan. The stamps used were issued in 2007 and 2008.
Varied Tit (Cyanistes varius): The stamp was released in 2007. It can be found in forests in southeastern Russia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and northeastern China. It feeds on insects and seeds and it has nine subspecies.
Yellow-throated or Grey-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris): The stamp was issued in 2007. It lives in forests in China and Taiwan. It has eight subspecies.
Long-tailed or Rufus-backed Shrike (Lanius schach): The stamp was issued in 2008. It can be found in scrubby bushlands the Indomalayan ecozone and it migrates to southern areas. It eats large insects, lizards, small birds and rodents. It has nine subspecies.
Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus): The stamp was released in 2008. It lives in the forests of south and southeast Asia. It feeds on insects.

Another cover from Taiwan. Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) stamp was released in 2009. This species lives in Africa and Asia in marshes in groups of up to 12 birds. It feeds on seeds, insects, molluscs and crustaceans.

A nice hand-canceled cover from Taiwan. The stamp was issued in 2008. Grey Treepie or Himalayan Treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) lives in Asia in both forests and human habitation and it has several subspecies. It eats a variety of food: insects and other invertebrates, nectar, berries, grain, seeds, nestlings, eggs and small reptiles.

Finishing with this bird I would like to show you this non official maximum card. Thanks to a friend in Taiwan who took it to the post office for a postmark and then send it back to me.

This is the cover with the complete set of 2008. Too bad that the 2nd postmark covers the head of the bird on the last stamp.

Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) is one of my favourite birds. It is endemic in the mountains of Taiwan.

This FDC was prepared and mailed by James. The m/s was issued in 2008 along with a set of four stamps which I will show on a cover.