Ms. Meline was commissioned to provide the design for the 1999 Alaska stamp. She is known for her strong portraits of waterfowl species, such as the pair of pintails on this stamp. Alaska hosts about 1 million pintails during summer.
Pintails are common breeding ducks throughout the state, especially in the coastal tundra areas.
During years of drought on the midcontinent prairies, many pintails overfly the region and summer in Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game.