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Keep those feeders clean! How to help keep your backyard birds healthy.

 (CC Photo By 2020-08-11 17:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

Stream-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/thefo...

Emu egg hatching livestream!

Current: https://twitter.com/foxfeather/status/1242197854879432704 

 Archives: 2020-03-20 17:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post

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...

Do 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 w...

"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 labo...

Everything 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 h...

The 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 freq...

Feed 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 he...

International Vulture Day Excitement! T-shirts, art, and more!

Amazing art by the fantastically talented 2019-09-02 21:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Why 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 “Wh...

What 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...

Feathers 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...

Getting back to my roots

"We only conserve what we love,

    we only love what we understand,

    we only understand what we know,

   &n...

All 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 Nor...

Special 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! 

2019-02-28 22:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post

The Wisdom of Birds

One of the critters I'm owned by is a parrot, an African Grey named Vegas.  She's named Vegas beca...

Emu 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 t...

June 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 dra...

Thank 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....

May 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 J...