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

Amazing art by the fantastically talented Anastasia 'Balaa' Korochansckaja! 

With the help of Balaa who created this ador...

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 “Why do you have this bird?  What species is it?  Why are you imprinting it instead of raisin...

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 University of Minnesota. There were places where the exterior bricks had crumbled so badly a thin b...

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 use in feather repair)

 This weekend I was asked to give a presentation about the Migrat...

Getting 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."

         &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 North America started in the early 1900s when a few zoo animals were sold from Canada, and there has be...

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! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...

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 world with a very difficult start. 

Vega...

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 to breed them eventually, so this will let me know if I need to order a few more eggs soon or not. Em...

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 drawing/painting/sculpture once again (in between farm chores).

    I was luc...

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.*

    I want to say an extra special thank you and give you my heartfelt gr...

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 June's patrons! Thank you again so much for your support!