Foxfeather Zenkova
@foxfeather.bsky.social
Birds! Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and educator in Minnesota, focusing on vulture conservation. Also an artist, falconer, yak-wrangler, beekeeper, and owned-by-emus.
Foxloft.com - Vultureconservancy.org
Foxloft.com - Vultureconservancy.org
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All the new Visionary Vultures pins have arrived and they're amazing! Shipping for campaign pledges is underway; I'm working to get them graded, assembled, packed, & out as quickly as possible. If you're waiting, look out for a tracking email soon!
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December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
All the new Visionary Vultures pins have arrived and they're amazing! Shipping for campaign pledges is underway; I'm working to get them graded, assembled, packed, & out as quickly as possible. If you're waiting, look out for a tracking email soon!
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Gauche sketch of @foxfeather.bsky.social’s baby king vulture, Yolo.
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Gauche sketch of @foxfeather.bsky.social’s baby king vulture, Yolo.
Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
The last few weeks I've been off chasing the world's largest owls (Blakiston's fish owl) in Hokkaido. These massive, muppety, eagle-sized owls spend their nights hunting fish in shallow streams in the Russian far east/China/Northern Japan.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The last few weeks I've been off chasing the world's largest owls (Blakiston's fish owl) in Hokkaido. These massive, muppety, eagle-sized owls spend their nights hunting fish in shallow streams in the Russian far east/China/Northern Japan.
Hola from Costa Rica!
I am here for a work trip and the Raptor Research Foundation conference. We've seen nine king vultures so far, it has been absolutely incredible! 🪶
I am here for a work trip and the Raptor Research Foundation conference. We've seen nine king vultures so far, it has been absolutely incredible! 🪶
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hola from Costa Rica!
I am here for a work trip and the Raptor Research Foundation conference. We've seen nine king vultures so far, it has been absolutely incredible! 🪶
I am here for a work trip and the Raptor Research Foundation conference. We've seen nine king vultures so far, it has been absolutely incredible! 🪶
Nearly 90 degrees in Minnesota in October is crazy. Even the vultures have melted spectacularly in this weather. 🪶
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nearly 90 degrees in Minnesota in October is crazy. Even the vultures have melted spectacularly in this weather. 🪶
They grow up so fast!
Yolo has lost his floofy baby pantaloons and almost all his baby fluff now. It will take him about 4-5 years to get his full, bright, adult king vulture colors but he looks different almost every day! 🪶
#lovevultures
Yolo has lost his floofy baby pantaloons and almost all his baby fluff now. It will take him about 4-5 years to get his full, bright, adult king vulture colors but he looks different almost every day! 🪶
#lovevultures
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They grow up so fast!
Yolo has lost his floofy baby pantaloons and almost all his baby fluff now. It will take him about 4-5 years to get his full, bright, adult king vulture colors but he looks different almost every day! 🪶
#lovevultures
Yolo has lost his floofy baby pantaloons and almost all his baby fluff now. It will take him about 4-5 years to get his full, bright, adult king vulture colors but he looks different almost every day! 🪶
#lovevultures
The next generation of peabirds is coming along nicely, tended to by diligent moms. 🪶
#overflowingwithpeacocks
#overflowingwithpeacocks
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The next generation of peabirds is coming along nicely, tended to by diligent moms. 🪶
#overflowingwithpeacocks
#overflowingwithpeacocks
Been out of town at a work conference for a week. It's hard to leave; dropped a nighthawk off at the big city rehab center literally on the way to the airport . As soon as I got home, this poor kid needed help. This young turkey vulture was hit by a car while trying to grab some roadkill breakfast.
September 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Been out of town at a work conference for a week. It's hard to leave; dropped a nighthawk off at the big city rehab center literally on the way to the airport . As soon as I got home, this poor kid needed help. This young turkey vulture was hit by a car while trying to grab some roadkill breakfast.
I'm super excited to welcome and introduce our new Education Director, Sidney!
Sidney brings with her a wealth of experience in managing birds of prey (and the people that work with them), and will be working with us over the next year to help grow and expand our education work.
Sidney brings with her a wealth of experience in managing birds of prey (and the people that work with them), and will be working with us over the next year to help grow and expand our education work.
September 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm super excited to welcome and introduce our new Education Director, Sidney!
Sidney brings with her a wealth of experience in managing birds of prey (and the people that work with them), and will be working with us over the next year to help grow and expand our education work.
Sidney brings with her a wealth of experience in managing birds of prey (and the people that work with them), and will be working with us over the next year to help grow and expand our education work.
It's been a very busy week!
Almost all of our patients this week have been owls, mostly unfortunate victims of car strikes.
You can help owls out by never throwing trash out of your car (even compostable things like apple cores) - these attract rodents, which attract their hunters to the road. 🪶
Almost all of our patients this week have been owls, mostly unfortunate victims of car strikes.
You can help owls out by never throwing trash out of your car (even compostable things like apple cores) - these attract rodents, which attract their hunters to the road. 🪶
September 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's been a very busy week!
Almost all of our patients this week have been owls, mostly unfortunate victims of car strikes.
You can help owls out by never throwing trash out of your car (even compostable things like apple cores) - these attract rodents, which attract their hunters to the road. 🪶
Almost all of our patients this week have been owls, mostly unfortunate victims of car strikes.
You can help owls out by never throwing trash out of your car (even compostable things like apple cores) - these attract rodents, which attract their hunters to the road. 🪶
Hey!
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025
September 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hey!
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025
Burrowing owl clean-up crew, hard at work.
August 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Burrowing owl clean-up crew, hard at work.
Got to meet some mini donkeys this weekend at a local farm, they are delightful!
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Got to meet some mini donkeys this weekend at a local farm, they are delightful!
Be careful not to leave your owls in the sun, they have a very low melting point. 🪶
August 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Be careful not to leave your owls in the sun, they have a very low melting point. 🪶
If your day might benefit from the quiet zen of bearded reedlings incubating eggs, we have a nest cam running! Come join us at:
www.twitch.tv/thefoxloft
#birds #livestream 🪶
www.twitch.tv/thefoxloft
#birds #livestream 🪶
August 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If your day might benefit from the quiet zen of bearded reedlings incubating eggs, we have a nest cam running! Come join us at:
www.twitch.tv/thefoxloft
#birds #livestream 🪶
www.twitch.tv/thefoxloft
#birds #livestream 🪶
Dad on duty!
Our bearded reedlings laid their first eggs, which is super exciting!
Both male and female reedlings share incubation duties, but Okolo here seems to want the job most. He's almost always on the nest when I check. 🪶
Our bearded reedlings laid their first eggs, which is super exciting!
Both male and female reedlings share incubation duties, but Okolo here seems to want the job most. He's almost always on the nest when I check. 🪶
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Dad on duty!
Our bearded reedlings laid their first eggs, which is super exciting!
Both male and female reedlings share incubation duties, but Okolo here seems to want the job most. He's almost always on the nest when I check. 🪶
Our bearded reedlings laid their first eggs, which is super exciting!
Both male and female reedlings share incubation duties, but Okolo here seems to want the job most. He's almost always on the nest when I check. 🪶
In case your day needs a quiet minute of happy geese being happy 🪶
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In case your day needs a quiet minute of happy geese being happy 🪶
It's been a very busy time of year for rescuing young birds finding themselves in spots of trouble.
Even though this red-tailed hawk looks fully grown, she's likely only about three months old. Birds grow up super fast; young hawks like this start to fly at around only 40 days old.
Even though this red-tailed hawk looks fully grown, she's likely only about three months old. Birds grow up super fast; young hawks like this start to fly at around only 40 days old.
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's been a very busy time of year for rescuing young birds finding themselves in spots of trouble.
Even though this red-tailed hawk looks fully grown, she's likely only about three months old. Birds grow up super fast; young hawks like this start to fly at around only 40 days old.
Even though this red-tailed hawk looks fully grown, she's likely only about three months old. Birds grow up super fast; young hawks like this start to fly at around only 40 days old.
New stickers from the Visionary Vultures project have arrived & sticker-only orders have started shipping! Pins are in progress and will start getting samples of those soon, so exciting!
If you missed the campaign, pre-orders are available now visionary-vultures-4.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
If you missed the campaign, pre-orders are available now visionary-vultures-4.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
August 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New stickers from the Visionary Vultures project have arrived & sticker-only orders have started shipping! Pins are in progress and will start getting samples of those soon, so exciting!
If you missed the campaign, pre-orders are available now visionary-vultures-4.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
If you missed the campaign, pre-orders are available now visionary-vultures-4.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Please enjoy the intense, glorious nobility of a baby vulture learning to fly 🪶
August 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please enjoy the intense, glorious nobility of a baby vulture learning to fly 🪶
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Baby bath pants! 🪶
Yolo the king vulture, testing out the hose spray for a shower. 🚿 He wasn't quite sure about it at first, but decided he likes it!
Yolo the king vulture, testing out the hose spray for a shower. 🚿 He wasn't quite sure about it at first, but decided he likes it!
August 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Baby bath pants! 🪶
Yolo the king vulture, testing out the hose spray for a shower. 🚿 He wasn't quite sure about it at first, but decided he likes it!
Yolo the king vulture, testing out the hose spray for a shower. 🚿 He wasn't quite sure about it at first, but decided he likes it!
Brave boy!
Yolo the baby king vulture is very curious and has been enjoying exploring our ambassador building and aviaries. He's just started to fly, but using ramps is a lot of fun too. 🪶
Yolo the baby king vulture is very curious and has been enjoying exploring our ambassador building and aviaries. He's just started to fly, but using ramps is a lot of fun too. 🪶
July 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Brave boy!
Yolo the baby king vulture is very curious and has been enjoying exploring our ambassador building and aviaries. He's just started to fly, but using ramps is a lot of fun too. 🪶
Yolo the baby king vulture is very curious and has been enjoying exploring our ambassador building and aviaries. He's just started to fly, but using ramps is a lot of fun too. 🪶