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Farewell and Fair Winds, Ruby
I released my hunting partner, Ruby, this weekend.
I took Ruby, the red-tailed hawk, to a lovely, heavily wooded area some distance from where we live. The trees were blossoming with new, budding leaves and a warm br...
2020-04-21 20:10:55 +0000 UTC View PostStream-mu update and Feel Good Linkapalooza!
I have moved the emu stream over to Twitch which can be found now at : https://www.twitch.tv/thefoxloft
I am trying to learn this ne...
2020-03-31 22:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostEmu egg hatching livestream!
Current: https://twitter.com/foxfeather/status/1242197854879432704
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Emu Eggs Part 2: The Hatching Process
A quick note: the science of egg development and hatching is extremely complex, and can vary quite a bit between the over 10,000 species of birds. I am simplifying many things to the basics, here, and the information is specific...
2020-03-19 17:53:36 +0000 UTC View PostDo Honeybees Harm Native Bees?
Early in my beekeeping adventure, I saw a lot of alarming articles and opinions that honeybees are harmful to native bees; that they were dangerous competitors and love for honeybees was shifting focus away from actual bee conservatio...
2020-03-11 22:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post"Anyone Can Learn This" - The Romanticizing or Dismissal of Farming
It makes me sad to see so many people lately expressing opinions that farming is for stupid people – that folks with any intelligence give up this simple, mindless, manual labor and move to the city for better, smarter opportu...
2020-02-20 19:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Emu Eggs!
These beautiful, deep emerald green eggs weren't laid by a dragon, but by an emu! I find people are often surprised at their size and rich color, and ask a lot of questions about them; especially how they taste and how they are incubated, so I tho...
2020-01-09 22:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe Scoop about Poop: Everything you ever wanted to know about Bird Poop (and then some)
I get asked quite constantly about if the birds in my house, like Sev and Stormfly, are bathroom trained, and how I keep them from pooping on everything. I figured, with the frequency of this question, that it was about time for...
2019-12-17 21:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostFeed the Birds
I get asked a lot what Sev the vulture eats, and as your patronage here helps me feed my flock (and rehab wildlife patients), I thought I'd answer some questions about what everyone here eats!
Question #1
2019-11-16 19:37:56 +0000 UTC
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International Vulture Day Excitement! T-shirts, art, and more!
Amazing art by the fantastically talented Anastasia 'Balaa' Korochansckaja! <...
2019-09-02 21:01:28 +0000 UTC View PostWhy is there a vulture in your house?
The pitter-patter of tiny feet in our house means something different than it does for most people; the baby vulture is on the loose, looking for adventure. I get asked a lot “Why do you have this bird? What species is it?...
2019-08-16 19:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhat it takes to be a Wildlife Rehabilitator - Part 1
When I was in college, I volunteered for the Minnesota wildlife rehab center. Back then it was a shabby condemned-for-normal-use building on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. There were places where ...
2019-07-24 17:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostFeathers and Bone: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(Pictured above: left to right: legal non-native and domestic bird feathers (macaw and turkey), a replica barred owl skull, naturally shed red-tailed hawk feathers kept under my falconry permit for use in feather repair)
This weekend I...
2019-06-30 20:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostGetting back to my roots
"We only conserve what we love,
we only love what we understand,
we only understand what we know,
we only know what we are taught."
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2019-05-23 21:34:02 +0000 UTC View PostAll the Colors of the Yak Rainbow
One of the most fun things about traveling to Tibet, from a yak-keeper's perspective, was seeing the wide range of yak colors, many of which are not available in the U.S.A. The yak's history in North America started in the early 1900s when a few z...
2019-05-14 17:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostSpecial Offer for Patrons - Kickstarter Exclusive Goodies!
I'm excited to announce a big project years in the making - a sequel to our first art and travel book, Creative Sojourn!
The Wisdom of Birds
One of the critters I'm owned by is a parrot, an African Grey named Vegas. She's named Vegas because she's 'lucky to be alive'; she came into the w...
2019-02-15 20:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostEmu Sumi Art and DNA gender sexing
Hi everyone!
Thanks to my awesome patrons, I was able to order a DNA test to see if our emus are he-mus or she-mus, I should know soon! I would like to breed them eventually, so this will let me know ...
2017-01-24 22:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostJune Update - What's on the drawing board?
Hi everyone!
Thanks for putting up with me in this time of transition - I've finally got my studio reorganized and sculpting area set up again, so I'm devoting regular time to drawing/painting/sculpture once again (in between far...
2016-06-02 23:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to all my patrons!!
Greetings!
*Please message me with your mailing address, I would like to send you a thank you card for your support and sticking with me through a big (good) upheaval in my life.*
I want to say an ex...
2016-02-04 16:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostMay Pendant Raffle Winner!
Congratulations to Valerie Occulta who has won the free pendant drawing for May Patrons! Contact me to pick out your new pendant. :) The next drawing will be held at the end of the month for all of June's patrons! Thank you again so much for your s...
2014-06-03 01:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post