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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today’s patient rolled up in the back of a squad car. Teen owl: Bad decisions. A kind local conservation officer helped this kid out and decided not to file charges despite much disorderly conduct. Hopefully this kid will avoid the streets in the future, they're a dangerous place to mouse!

A startled looking barred owl looking at the viewer.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Stiltchild & Friends are ready for freedom! With the arrival of much cooler weather, the orphaned crane colts seem to be feeling the restless pull of migration. We are scouting daily for local, gathering cranes. As soon as we can find a group, our kids will get their true second chance! 🪶

A young sandhill crane staring through a net at a sunset-lit field and wide blue fall sky

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Walked out to check on the herd and found the donkeys fully staffed with chicken jockeys.

A chicken standing on top of a grey mini donkey

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The geese always seem have the expression of someone about to write a strongly worded email. 🪶

A bar-headed goose staring directly at the viewer and one giving side-eye

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stepping up for science… and snacks. Our ravens, Yami and Moku, were too eager to get on the scale one at a time. Daily checks are an important part of the care of all of our ambassadors, but for the ravens they're just eager to grab a treat and get back to mischief! 🪶

Two ravens perched on the same turf covered scale

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s wildlife rehab loot box contained: • 1 mildly offended juvenile eagle He’s here for emergency care after a car strike, but he would like to file a formal complaint about the Uber ride, packaging, delivery, and bedside manner. One star to all. 🪶

A disgruntled juvenile bald eagle with one wing dropped, sitting in a cardboard box for transport

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I get lots of calls this time of year from people worried about their bald backyard birds. It's always good to check with your local rehabbers to see if a bird needs help, but this temporary condition resolves quickly and fresh new feathers come in within a matter of a few weeks. 🪶

A bluejay missing its head feathers yelling, beak open

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bald is beautiful! And normal for blue jays (and cardinals) this time of year. Bluey is rocking the 'catastrophic molt' look, dropping all her head feathers at once. This happens in late summer, coinciding with the availability of fatty seeds and food abundance, allowing them to be replaced fast.

A blue jay missing alll of its normal head feathers, looking quite bedraggled.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📣 Last Call! 📣 Less than 3 hours left to add a new pin or sticker to your collection before the opportunity flies away! All 19 designs are unlocked, check them out at: 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f... #sciart #birds #art

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Please help us share :) We're in the final hours, all pin, pendant, & sticker designs are unlocked - have you added a new bird to your collection yet? We've got just one item left to unlock and we're so close! Can you help us smash through our final goal? 🪶 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Absolutely! Pin banners, cork boards, and shadow boxes/framing are the most common I've seen and they look super nice that way! (Photos folks have shared with us)

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Who is your favorite? Which bird wins this year's crown? Join our poll and defend your favorite! I am really surprised at our top contenders, find out who they are and cast your vote: tinyurl.com/2kr92wta

A graphic showing photos and Visionary Vultures stylized art pin images of different bird species; hoatzin, hummingbird, osprey and loon (with little cameos from Aplomado falcon, Great hornbill, and Blue & gold macaw) with text 'who's your favorite'?

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎉Hummingbird is UNLOCKED!🎉 We are now down to our final two stretch goals; Loon and Green-Cheeked Conure earrings! ALL pin & pendant designs are now available - come see the whole flock: 🦅 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart #art #birds

A stylized pair of enamel earrings of mirrored green-cheeked conures

A stylized pair of enamel earrings of mirrored loons

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

⏳ Countdown: final day of our art‑for‑a‑cause campaign is here and we’re so close to unlocking the last pendant; hummingbird! Bird friends, if you want to help us cross the finish line, please help us boost this post to channel maximum tiny‑bird power!🪶 Don't Miss Out! tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A stylized gold-plated fiery-throated hummingbird pendant with text 'Final 24 hours - help us unlock'

A poster graphic featuring sticker and pin designs of stylized bird art from the Visionary Vultures series. Text "Live Now!", Less than 2 days left! Art with Real Impact - Every Pin Helps a Patient

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎓Basic human needs: 1. Water 2. Oxygen 3. A joyful avalanche of bird pins There's less than two days left to add our new designs to your collection! Pledge now to help unlock the last designs (and support wildlife rehab while you're at it!) 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What's the surprise with the macaw? 🦜 Movement! This large pendant will feature the tail as a separate, attached piece that can swing side-to-side for even greater effect. Help us make the macaw come to life: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

All pins have been unlocked and with just *3 days left* we're getting close to our next stretch goals. There's an exciting surprise with the scarlet macaw pendant - have you seen what's next? tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic design banner for the Visionary Vultures pin campaign featuring the next two stretch goals (jungle fowl earrings and scarlet macaw pendant) and showing that $25+ pledges get free crane colt sticker sheets as well

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🌟 Uff da… we did it!! 🌟 All 16 pin designs unlocked! Minnesota’s most dramatic lake vocalist, the loon, has joined the flock. Thanks for helping us help the birds and bringing this whole flock to life. We’re down to less than 4 days, if you've been waiting don't miss out! 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic featuring 16 different stylized art enamel pin bird designs with text 'Every Pin Unlocked' and Visionary Vultures 5

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I dont have all my ducks in a row, but my cranes sure are. 🪶

Four juvenile sandhill cranes standing in a line, looking in the same direction at something.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Working on our last pin unlock now: Loon! As Minnesotans, this one means a lot to us. A symbol of home, resilience, & neighbors (human & wild) we care for and protect. A little love letter to everyone who keeps showing up for each other, thank you. 👉 Check Our Progress: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Conure fact: if it exists, they can turn it to confetti. Paper? Confetti. Shoelaces? Confetti. Your sanity? Also confetti. Do you also live with a feathered gremlin who loves making “art projects” out of your belongings? Share your conure crimes! Get your own parrot pins: 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just did an entire zoom meeting with crane food in my hair. Because some tiny tyrant flung his breakfast dish in outrage since he now only likes a very specific texture of crane crumbles. Broken leg/surgery child is now the crane of 10,000 opinions. #wildliferehab

A juvenile sandhill crane colt looking down at the viewer from the front. This bird is undergoing rehabilitation after a car strike and surgery to repair his leg.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These crowdfunding campaigns majorly help fund the work we do year round helping to rescue & rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife, care for our ambassador birds, pay our staff, and occasionally feed me (when I remember to eat). Also the occasional (stolen) moment to keep making art.

A collage of some wildlife patients (owls, raptors, corvids, a crane and a humminbird) that have come into the care of Foxloft Conservancy

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m not great at “promoting things.” I’d rather be out with the birds, covered in feathers, taking care of rehab cases, and sketching designs with a mug of tea. But we made something I’m really proud of, and I wanted to share it with you. We just added 19 new designs: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Aplomado Falcons: They form duos specifically to commit speed crimes together. Think: Bonnie & Clyde but feathered. (Actual fact: they literally tag‑team prey at high velocity like tiny aerial criminals.) We're 97% of the way to unlocking this falcon pin! tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart #art 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I love the sounds baby cranes make. It takes 2-5 years for young sandhills to grow the 2-3ft long bony coils of trachea (which grow literally into the bones of their thick, shield-like keels) to make the loud, trumpeting calls of their parents. They literally become organic French horns inside! 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🔒JAILBIRD! 🪶 Great Hornbills have one of the strangest nesting strategies in the bird world: it imprisons the mom. The female cements herself inside a tree cavity for *months*, with only a tiny slit open for the male to feed her & chicks through. See all the birds: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Does anyone else love these amazing, be-mohawked stinkturkeys as much as I do? I was lucky enough to see them in the wild and could absolutely smell them before we spotted them. Hoatzin ❤️ 🪶 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jump for joy! The new crane aviary is complete, which means lots of hoppy flapping, dancing, and exploring as the babies got to explore their new digs. They've got lots more space now to build up muscles for the long migration to come. 🪶 #wildliferehab

Juvenile sandhill cranes in grass in a large aviary enclosure, one spreading its wings upwards

Juvenile sandhill cranes standing in grass in a large aviary enclosure

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Did you guess? We love vultures! We’re celebrating completion of all 23 species of the best birds for our Visionary Vultures collection. 🎨 Our art campaign is LIVE for a limited time, with 19 new designs. Come meet the whole flock! tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's Vulture Day! 🍾 We are celebrating with all 23 vulture species now represented in art pin form! This milestone is a tribute to the beauty, diversity, and importance of vultures worldwide. Grab your favorite & show it off: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay #IVAD

A graphic showing 24 vulture pin designs, each a different species (with California Condor represented twice) from the Visionary Vultures pin campaign

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Calling all osprey fans!🐟🦅 We’re 94% of the way to unlock our Osprey as the next pin choice! 🎉 This has been one of our most requested designs for years; if you want to wear this beautiful fish-stealing menace, just a bit more support and it'll officially join the flock! ➡️ tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic featuring a stylized osprey pin design from the Visionary Vultures series

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's been a flood of crane babies this year, so I had to sketch them & turn our tiny patients into tiny stickers. These cute colts just unlocked as a campaign stretch goal, which means this adorable little sticker sheet is now FREE! 🎉 🪶 Join the flock: tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 #sciart #wildliferehab

side by side sketches and finished images for little stickers of sandhill crane colts

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Can't stop wont stop emu chaos (they are infinitely curious and must investigate everything new. They have an especially strong drive to steal and run off with what they can)

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Emus Causing Chaos: Episode # 548 We had a film crew here today, part of the University of Minnesota's Partners 4 Wildlife program. I warned them that the main hazard would be curious emus in the middle of everything and indeed they were. They especially wanted to run off with the boom mic.

Foxfeather and a film crew surrounded by video equipment outdoors, looking up into trees

Two emus sneaking up to investigate
camera equipment on the grass

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

❤️ THANK YOU ❤️ to everyone who has pledged, shared, & helped get our new flock off the ground! There's only a few hours left to grab our (not so) EarlyBird sticker as a freebie. 🎁 Then this sleepy birb flies away! If you want one, don't sleep on it 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

Sketch of a sleepy parrot in a robe sitting next to a mug of tea. Text - Thank you! Your early pledge helped create the momentum that's carrying us forward!

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

All of our art is inspired by real birds, this one is just a little extra special. I've had the pleasure to know Ara since I was a child, she is my oldest companion. She's sweet, hilarious, and absolutely loves making people laugh (and stealing apples). Meet the whole flock!🦜➡️ tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A gold metal pin featuring a stylized blue and gold macaw with text about macaws

Ara the blue and gold macaw standing on a rope perch

Ara the blue and gold macaw trying to steal apple slices off a dehydrator tray

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One of our vets has been out every week to help with this baby crane who is recovering from a car strike, broken bones and leg surgery. I'm doing PT sessions multiple times of day with him to try to rebuild leg strength. My fingers are crossed he can take his first steps again soon! 🪶

A juvenile sandhill crane in rehab, being examined by a vet. The bird is laying on towels and padding in grass, with food and water dishes in front of him.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

👑YOU COULD BE WEARING THIS BIRD👑 Yolo wants you to know our King Vulture pendant is *this* close to unlocking. Help us make sure this magnificent little weirdo (or well, a version of his magnificent future self) gets to join the flock! 🪶 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic design featuring three banners of a king vulture pendant, hummingbird earrings and green cheeked conure pin for the Visionary Vultures crowdfunding project

A closeup of baby Yolo the king vulture, wings spread

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🦜We are just about to unlock the African Gray design! That is one of my favorites from this set, I'm so glad we were able to add some parrots in this year (about time!) Have you seen all the birds yet? 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic design featuring a hummingbird, gray parrort and hoatzin pin showing stretch goal funding benchmarks for the Visionary Vultures crowdfunding project

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

IT'S HERE! 📣 "Rainforest Radiance" is LIVE 19 brand-new bird designs have just landed! 🎁 Special early-bird freebie for the first 48 hours ❤️ Returning-backers get bonuses 🦅 Every pledge helps support our wildlife rescue & rehabilitation work Come meet the new flock! 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Zal the emu when something requires zero Zal the emu 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Ugly Mom Chronicles, Aquatic Edition: Part 1: Calm. Part 2: Existential Screaming. Baby crane started swim therapy this weekend and discovered he is, in fact, not a water bird. Every (reluctant, unwilling) splash is helping rebuild strength in his injured leg and foot. 🪶

One of our veterinarians, Dr. Jess supervising an injured baby crane in an improvised water tank for a swim therapy session.

One of our veterinarians, Dr. Jess supervising an injured baby crane in an improvised water tank for a swim therapy session. (The crane is yelling)

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Forever the most handsome man, Sev! 🪶

Yellow-headed vulture perched, looking down at something below him

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You can find short eared owls hunting during the day over prairies, open fields, and marshes. They often come into rehab here after being struck by farm equipment while mousing. Though not common, they are wide ranging, living on every continent except Antarctica and Australia! 🪶

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The burdock patrol is now on ragweed duty. Our borrowed goats have been doing an impressive job at weed control, though we have way more of a job for them than 3 can handle and the fencing is a constant fuss. More than a decade of herbicide/pesticide free acreage rehab is a forever fight.

Two small goats in a huge patch of ragweed

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We've had lots of wildlife rehab things going on other than cranes (who have taken up a huge amount of the time this summer, unsurprisingly); mostly window & car strike raptors like this young Cooper's hawk. Tons of turkeys as well, some have already been released and adopted by local wild moms! 🪶

Injured juvenile Cooper's hawk laying on white padding

Wild turkey flock, moms with babies and adopted poults alike

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Are you signed up yet to get notified when our newest pin campaign launches? It's free and super easy! Don't miss out on earlybird rewards and the full project reveal! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...

In progress watercolor paintings of stylized birds, surrounded by art supplies and a drawing board

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