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/thefoxloft 

I am trying to learn this new system and hope to offer some fun streams there! I have a few ideas for Patron-only streams I can schedule and offer for you as well. 

Since my talks and classes were cancelled for the next few months I’m working on some scripts for short videos that I can produce so that I can share some of my educational presentations with you in an online format. I’ll work on getting one of those up soon!

I had a request for some feel-good social media accounts to follow that share other streams and photos of wildlife, so I thought I’d list those here in case your days need some more cheer! Some of my favorites are: 

Vultures:

Andy the Condor. This 61 year old resident of at Tracy aviary shares lots of cute photos, videos, and tidbits about vultures : https://www.facebook.com/AndyNCondor/

Vulture Conservation Foundation: This group does amazing conservation work with European vultures and has video of a newly hatched lammergeier that is sure to make you ‘aww’! https://twitter.com/4Vultures

Vulpro: The world’s largest vulture conservation organization, based in Africa. Great photos and videos of their captive flock and birds that are being rehabilitated or raised for release https://www.facebook.com/VulProAfrica

Raptors: 

The Peregrine Fund Kestrel cam! Livestreaming of a kestrel nest as well as many saved video highlights of nesting behavior and babies. I played this often for Stormfly when we brought her home, she got to watch last year’s babies grow as she did https://kestrel.peregrinefund.org/webcams

The Hawk Conservancy, based in the UK. Many fun videos and photos of their resident birds! https://twitter.com/HawkConservancy 

The International Centre for Birds of Prey, based in the UK. Lots of great videos of their ambassador flock. https://twitter.com/ICBPNewent

Raptor Resource Project – A list of many wild raptor nest cams, eagles, owls, falcons and more! https://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/

Other Birds:

The Ravenmaster – keep up with the Tower of London ravens! https://twitter.com/ravenmaster1 

Sophie the Magpie -  the adventures of a little magpie and her person https://twitter.com/breesophiebree

Cute/Funny/Art: 

https://twitter.com/ChickyThoughts - great little cartoons you will especially love if you’re owned by any sort of parrot

https://twitter.com/RosemaryMosco - Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon) – adorable, educational comics and funnies!

Good for Kids: 

The International Owl Center – many pages of DIY activities, quizzes and learning! https://www.internationalowlcenter.org/crafts.html

The University of Minnesota Raptor Center – Free downloadable activity books, games, and educational materials full of home project ideas https://www.raptor.umn.edu/learn-about-raptors

I will add more to this list as they come to me (I know I’m forgetting a bunch), but hopefully this is enough to keep you busy for a little while, with lots of cute bird-related content!