(CC Photo By Sharon Mollerus)
**Warning** This post contains some medical images of live birds with with avian pox, disfiguring ...
2020-08-11 17:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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 breeze was in the air, heralding the arrival of spring. Ruby waited patiently while I removed her equi...
2020-04-21 20:10:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 new system and hope to offer some fun streams there! I have a few ideas for Patron-only streams I can ...
2020-03-31 22:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Current: https://twitter.com/foxfeather/status/1242197854879432704
Archives: https://twitter.com/foxfeather/status/1241405041623302144 2020-03-20 17:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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 to emus – which hatch mechanically differently than many other birds. For instance, many birds ha...
2020-03-19 17:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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 conservation efforts. As someone with a deep passion for the natural world, I had great concerns about this; I ...
2020-03-11 22:12:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 opportunities. A presidential hopeful just said “I could teach anybody to be a farmer. It’s a process. ...
2020-02-20 19:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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 thought I'd delve into this topic here on Patreon.
2020-01-09 22:50:38 +0000 UTC
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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 a down and dirty post about bird poop.
TLDR: Birds can be bathroom trained! With some...
2019-12-17 21:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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 - Does your vulture prefer rotten meat? Do you have to leave it out for a week ...
Amazing art by the fantastically talented Anastasia 'Balaa' Korochansckaja!
With the help of Balaa who created this adorable design, I am offering special 'Best Bab...
2019-09-02 21:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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? Why are you imprinting it instead of raising it for release?”
Sev, (short for Severus...
2019-08-16 19:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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 the exterior bricks had crumbled so badly a thin board was all that kept you from being able to stic...
2019-07-24 17:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
(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 was asked to give a presentation about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act - the law behind why it's ille...
2019-06-30 20:18:01 +0000 UTC View Post
"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."
&nbs...
2019-05-23 21:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 zoo animals were sold from Canada, and there has been little to no importation for the past 100 years...
2019-05-14 17:33:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm excited to announce a big project years in the making - a sequel to our first art and travel book, Creative Sojourn!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/foxfeather/creative-sojourn-volume-2-artist...
2019-02-28 22:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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 world with a very difficult start.
Vegas is almost 30 years old now, but the night she ha...
2019-02-15 20:11:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 if I need to order a few more eggs soon or not. Emus breed over the (US) winter time, so eggs are av...
2017-01-24 22:20:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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 farm chores).
I was lucky enough to bring home some amazing art supplies ...
2016-06-02 23:56:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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 extra special thank you and give you my heartfelt gratitude for sticking with me - this past year has ...
2016-02-04 16:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostCongratulations 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 support!
2014-06-03 01:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post