Artist, falconer, yak-wrangler, beekeeper, owned-by-emus. Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and educator, focusing on vulture conservation.
Minnesota
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A reminder to take a moment and add us on your other favorite platforms! Here's a short list but there's more links in my bio as well.
I'm super sad about what is happening with Twitter right now, for all its faults its been an amazing way to connect with different communities.
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A very round baby falcon discovers carpet for the first time:
She fluttered there (to her surprise) and her feet touching the new surface made her both try to do the bath dance in it and to kill it with grabbyfeet.
#falconry #americankestrel #babybirds
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In case anyone thinks borzoi are dogs and not unicorn princess noodles:
Cyrano came limping, crying into the room favoring one paw. When I ran to check the source of his agony, he had a small banana label sticker stuck to one foot.
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He knows he's not supposed to stand on the counter unless invited, so he has taken to sitting on the barstools to watch me cook. But sitting nicely is a lot of work, so it turns into slouching, then being a comfy pancake on the barstool instead.
#babyvulture
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This emu has taken over the duck coop and is now diligently siting on goose eggs. I just watched a chicken run in, burrow under him, lay an egg, and leave.
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Sometimes, when the snow is deep, the ducks will give up on walking and scoot around on the snow like penguins
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I can't weed and wash the bricks because emus show up and flop down as soon as they see the hose. They love being watered.
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We can't have him inside while we extract honey, so he's had to stay in the sun porch a few nights. Whenever I go back into the house he tries to follow, then sits peeking in the doorway window, like "Excuse me, you forgot your vulture."
I feel like such a monster
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Have you heard of the honey buzzard? If you haven't, you are in for a treat!
These raptors specialize in raiding wasp & bee nests, eating honey, larvae, and pollen.
Their head feathers have developed into hard, armor-like scales to protect them from stings.
#birdtwitter
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Baby vulture breakfast dance!
Baby black vultures beg like this, stimulating their parents to feed them. They are very enthusiastic about it!
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Another day of gardening ruined by emu-related intransigence, intereference, and indifference to my attempts to do home maintenance.
I tried to sneak out with the hose when none were around and they instantly materialized, demanding watering.
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I feel like everyone could use a thread of very cute, fluffy baby birds right now.
Bird1: Baby vulture!
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This turkey snuck off and succesfully hatched out.. one chicken chick. She is being the most loving and attentive mom to the baby, and seeing them toddling along together throughout the day makes me smile.
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Your timeline has been blessed by the Dapper Halloween Vulture
Sev, and and all of us at the Foxloft Flock wish you the happiest of spooky days! Please tell someone how awesome vultures are, today!
#lovevultures
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Don't let go of your hopes or aspirations. Dream big.
#frankthepeacock #giantwoman
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A thread of spooky vultures for your Halloween enjoyment (courtesy of Sev)
First up: Dapper boi
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t's hard to get photos of the vultures because they all love the camera a bit too much! As soon as they see it, all you end up with is a bunch of very up close blur-snoots.
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Someone, who shall remain nameless, just vindictively threw a quail leg onto something I am painting after not being allowed to bathe in my dirty paint water.
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❄️ The cold season means cozy, cuddled peacocks
ALT Four peafowl snuggled together on top of a wooden door frame
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My family sent me a beautiful orchid for my birthday today and Stormfly immediately had to go check it out and claim it as her own. It was very nice for someone to send her princess flowers.
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No matter how many times it happens, baby dinosaurs hatching in my hands is absolute magic.
#birdtwitter
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After years of looking, I have finally found Sev a (potential) girlfriend!
Meet Diva! She is a baby yellow-headed vulture, just over 5 weeks old.
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"This giant child, it is mine."
Stormfly has been messing with chicken eggs lately and I wasn't sure of her intentions until I found her fluffed up and sitting on one. Actual kestrel eggs are almost 1/10th as small as large chicken eggs, but Stormfly has always been ambitious.
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I'm so excited to share all 16 unlocked pins in one place for the first time!! Aaaah! ✨One week left to nab yours! ✨
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#birdtwitter #ivad2020 #vultureculture
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Someone discovered that the electric tea kettle is warm to the touch and now it's her favorite place in the world
#StormflySparrowsbane #kestrel
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In case your day needs a minute of break to watch a baby vulture playing with a pretzel
#babyvulture #lovevultures #yellowheadedvulture
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For everyone wondering how the broody male emu is doing, he had quite an extreme surprise for us this morning!
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My tiny supervisor is grumpy because I haven't turned the iPad on for her to watch yet. She's been enjoying Dr. Who.
#americankestrel
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Do you need to see the cutest baby vulture in existence this morning?
Diva thinks the answer is yes, and I have to agree!
#lovevultures
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Did you know baby turkeys strut and display even when they are still little frizzy fluffballs? They get nervous about it and blush, and if they get rejected (which is inevitable, they impress no girls) they sulk and pout.
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Best dad emu brings his little girls to visit me while I'm in the kitchen each morning.
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She keeps trying to stay up to watch me work but she relaxes down into a sleepy puddle, then wakes with a quiet peep and gives me this face.
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I think I'm totally doing this right!
Vultures have a stomach 100x more acidic than a human, more acidic than battery acid. This lets them neutralize pathogens like anthrax, botulism, and rabies, purifying the environment! They are the powerhouses of nature's cleaning crew.
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He's older but still does the 'see your foot, touch it with mine. Sleep on the foot.'
Now with added winghugs.
#babyvulture
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A vulture's natural prey: the wily frozen brussel sprout
#babyvulture
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Everything is so hard right now I want to offer some hopeful good things: emu eggs in the process of hatching. The little whistling peeps are the babies inside, calling back to my voice. (Apologies for dog burp and parrot accompaniments)
#birdtwitter
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I keep telling my husband that *everyone* looks bad when you take photos from below.
Case in point, this absolute unit of an emu.
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I've been so sick I've barely been able to get out of bed. Stormfly came looking for me. Having discovered where I've been hiding, she decided that alternately jumping on my face and attacking the blankets is definitely helpful. You never know, they may be full of mice.
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She can go anywhere during the day, but her favorite thing to do is sit on me while I work. She also hops onto my desk to attack all my pencils, toss my paperwork onto the floor, and track kestrel tracks across my paintings.
#stormflysparrowsbane #kestrel #falconry
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When you want to murder but also want a bath.
#whynotboth #StormflySparrowsbane
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Lots of people have asked about how emus react to snow, so I present: Emus in winter, a thread.
(Zal is a leucistic emu, so he's white with blue eyes - it's one of the few color morphs we know of in emu.)
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This cute little friend tumbled out of someone's chimney today. I usually only take birds, but I'm the only rehabber in my area so he's here for needed fluids & some tlc until I can get him to the big center. They care for over 200 bats interrupted in hibernation each winter!
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Baby vulture loves to rest her wings on me.
Streeeetttch!
#lovevultures #savevultures
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Everyone keeps asking if the baby emus will still cuddle/be friendly as adults. Raised this way, yes - all our adults are friendly. Not all of them want to be touched but some of them love hugs and pets and come smoosh against me when I'm outside.
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My husband came crawling into the bedroom, I immediately worried what was wrong?
Then I noticed the baby vulture on his back. Mbala had been reading on the floor and the baby was so happy there he didn't want to move him.
Now it's the Vulture Train to Azkaban! Bedtime for birds.
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I use the vacuum, he's got to touch it and pull the house around, too.
I wash the floor with a rag, he steals it and drags it around, too.
I've worked with plenty of birds who were curious about what I was doing, but never one who was such a thoughtful mimic! #babyvulture
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Stormfly seems exceptionally happy that I am home. She has reached maximum fluff. She is following me around and supervising the printing of shipping labels once again. She seems quite sure that mice may fall out of the printer at any moment, so it warrants very close observation
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Two weeks later, our emu is still carefully sitting atop his nest of adopted goose, duck, and chicken eggs.. he may actually hatch something. In emus, only the males incubate eggs and care for babies, the females lay eggs and bounce; that's the end of parenting for them.
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Learning to flap oversized wings comes with a lot of wobbling and faceplanting.
#vulturesrock #savevultures #yellowheadedvulture #babyvulture
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For those of you who are new here, and for everyone who has been following along with the saga, let me present to you : The story of Napoleon, the wayward rooster, and Turkey Girl, his star-crossed lover. Part 1:
#birdtwitter
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BB-8 did it again; after almost two months never leaving his nest, even through a blizzard, he's successfully hatched out chicks, three so far. He's such a devoted dad!
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Sev wants to help remind people to keep one vulture between themselves any anyone else right now.
Just another way vultures can help keep us safe!
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Somebody is just starting to get the beginnings of yellow color on his face :)
In the next few years his eyes will turn bright red and his face will turn a vibrant mix of yellow, orange, red, and blue as he morphs into an adult. But he'll always by my #babyvulture
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We just learned to stand, so our legs are still wobbly. Our hoppyflaps are just coming in and we're not quite sure how to deploy them yet, but practice makes perfect!
#babyvulture #lovevultures
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She has gotten over her screaming at the snow outside the windows and is now back to supervising my work.
#kestrel #falconry #birdtwitter
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Strutting on the stairs!
Oh no, I've been discovered... I'll do the 'im just a baby' appeasement dance.
It is very effective.
#babyvulture
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Happy, sleepy baby falcon can't keep her eyes open.
#stormflysparrowsbane #kestrel #falconry #babybird
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It's really fun to see how his eyes move. He's just being a thoughtful pancake, watching the chicken politics outside.
(noise warning: roosters crowing)
#babyvulture
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I messaged my husband asking how the birds were (because I can't stand to be away from them for a few hours), he sent me this
(Sound warning - bird squeaking)
Stormfly absolutely loves him. She's super quiet (when not yelling at snow), but she uses this call just for him
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Stormfly flew over and very lovingly inserted a piece of chick meat into my ear.
How is your morning?
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Diva does the same 'my foot should be touching your foot' thing that Sev did as a baby.
Vultures are very gentle, loving parents and spend a lot of time cuddling with their chicks. They are very sweet, sensitive, gentle birds!
#lovevultures
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Our goose throuple has managed to make one goose this year, and they are very proud and doting parents. The gosling already has 100% of their sassy attitude.
(They're terrible incubators and try to rotate between multiple nests so it's amazing a chick hatched at all. Superchick.)
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People always ask if the emus are friendly. Ours love to be pet and want to be in the middle of anything we're doing. If well socialized around people, emus can be super friendly and affectionate.
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It's my favorite holiday, #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay!
In celebration, I am going to post some of my favorite photos of #SevTheVulture from growing up. Take a moment to tell someone how awesome and important vultures are today!
#IVAD #IVAD2021 #LoveVultures
ALT Baby Yellow-headed vultures just a few weeks old!
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