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Visionary Vultures 4: Sentinels of the Sky

Created by Foxfeather - Foxloft Studios & Conservancy

Visionary Vultures is a collection of art jewelry celebrating and raising awareness for vulture conservation efforts worldwide. Items in this web shop are now in stock, they ship generally within 5-7 days from when your order is charged. Tracking information for packages is sent by email. Purchasing items from this store directly supports our work in wildlife rehabilitation and vulture conservation - you can learn more at the Foxloft Conservancy Wesbite You can see more of our artwork at: Foxloft Studios Website UK orders will be charged VAT (receipts showing pre-payment will be sent with your order).

Latest Updates from Our Project:

THANK YOU! We did it!! What's next? How to choose your reward items, & Free Patreon supporter gifts!
10 months ago – Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 04:14:37 PM

 Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for joining us and  supporting our project.  We absolutely cannot wait to get all these pins made and into your hands! We are so, so thankful for what this funding means for us this year; we will be searching now for a new staff member to greatly expand our education program, and will be able to put in new flights for our rehab birds and ambassadors. We can't thank you enough for making this happen!
We're really excited and overwhelmed by everyone's enthusiasm for the Visionary Vultures series! In case you're not familiar with who we are and the work this project funds makes possible, here's a little about us:
Here at the Foxloft, one of our biggest passions is connecting people and wildlife through art. In particular we want to help cultivate and spread love and appreciation for vultures, who are so rarely in the spotlight. One supporter said, "I'd have never believed I would be excited to wear a vulture anything,  but I am!"  Every time we hear how one of our pins sparked a  conversation about vultures or helped win people over to their beauty,  it warms our hearts and cements us further in our mission to help these  wonderful birds get more positive 'PR'. We won't save what we don't love, and vultures, the most imperiled family of birds in the world  right now, need our love now more than ever! 

The Final Countdown! Only 24 Hours Left, Last Stretch Goal, & Grand Prize Photo Contest Winner Announcement!
10 months ago – Wed, Jun 04, 2025 at 04:19:40 PM

  We did it!! The final designs are now unlocked and everything is now available! All 16 pins, 4 pendants and all 4 earring sets are now options open to you, so if there was anything you were considering adding to your pledge, this is your chance. Thank you for making this possible! 


We're at the final countdown; it’s hard to believe there's now just 24 hours left in the campaign!

Can you help us get the word out one last time?

 It's easy -  Click Here to Share on Facebook or Click Here to Share on Bluesky or Here is a general link you can share anywhere

Release the Orbs! Free pin bonanza?!We have the chance to unlock the final stretch goal, an exclusive campaign freebie bearded reedling mini pin!! Will you help us hit our goal? A lot of people wait til last minute to pledge, and the best way to release this final reward is to share the campaign with your friends. Together, we can do this! 

Not sure what to do with more pins?


Not much of a jewelry person? (Thank you to kind folks for sharing their beautiful shadow box/frame displays with us, as well as the lovely pin flag!) They look amazing framed! We also sell special magnet pin backs (pictured - that just push into the pin, no modifications necessary, and you can still use the pin as a pin if you want) through the check-out shop if you want other ways to display them. The pendants also make great holiday ornaments, and the earrings can easily be modified into small pendants by attaching them to a chain. 

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We're excited to announce our grand prize winner of the photo contest and it is:
Jay Meredith, for the beautiful photo of the King Vulture from Riverbank Zoo!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated, who sent in photos, shared the contest, or voted for their favorites! We had so much fun, we will definitely be hosting another with our next project in the future - so save up all your fun vulture (and other bird!) photos and keep your eye out for that! 

Thank you so much for being here, for helping us to create these lovely pieces of art, for your time and care in sharing and for helping to fund all the work we're able to do! 
Much love and appreciation - 
❤️ Foxfeather & the Foxloft Crew

Photo Contest Winners Announced + Vote for the Grand Prize Winner Here! Freebie Pin Stretch Goal Announcement
10 months ago – Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 09:54:13 AM





Congratulations to all our Photo Contest winners, every submission was amazing and it was so fun to watch the votes roll in! Now it's time to vote for the grand prize winner - the voting poll is at the bottom of this email, or can be accessed at: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/foxfeather/visionary-vultures-4-sentinels-of-the-sky/community?filter=polls

We smashed through more stretch goals and now the magpie earrings, red-tailed hawk pendant, Himalayan griffon pendant, and swan/goose earrings are now available! If you were waiting to add them to your pledge, you can do so by managing your pledge, choosing your pledge level again, and then adding them in the add-on options to confirm the change. 

We're getting really close to unlocking the final earring and pendant goals: the Red/Black Kites and the Red-Crowned Crane!

Aaaaand, we have a brand new super stretch goal announcement: Usually the final 48 hours of the campaign brings in a lot of last minute folks, so if we're so lucky to get to the $150k mark before closing bell then all backers with $45+ total pledges (can include add-on items) will get a FREE bearded reedling mini pin!

If we get closer to this goal, we'll run a poll where you can choose your favorite of the two delightful round bird designs to be made into the freebie pin!

Can you help us get the word out? It's easy -  Click Here to Share on Facebook or Click Here to Share on Bluesky or Here is a general link you can share anywhere

Thank you again to everyone who has pledged and shared our campaign, it's directly because of you that we've been a success and will allow us to expand our staff, aviary space, and wildlife work this year - I can't tell you how thankful I am for your help.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

VOTE for your favorite photos now! ALL Pins unlocked, final 3 days of the campaign!
10 months ago – Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 10:09:01 AM

 A warm welcome to all our new supporters, we are so happy to have you joining us on this crazy journey! 
Vote for your favorite photos now! : https://forms.gle/K9Rwh6x7yY68TFjx5

Our photo contest brought in 303 amazing submissions, you can enjoy some of the amazing submissions and vote for your favorites today! Voting is open today only, and tomorrow there will be a backer-only voting poll for the grand prize winner!

We had so many great vulture photos we had to make multiple categories just for them and couldn't share even a fraction of the fantastic images you all shared with us! Thank you to everyone who sent in a photo, all the pictures were perfect and we're figuring out a way we can share the whole gallery with everyone so they can enjoy the experience, too! 

All 16 pin designs are now unlocked! If you've been waiting to add on to your order, adding them (or earrings/pendants near to unlocking) could be what pushes us over the edge!

We're now getting to the countdown; it’s hard to believe there are less than 3 days left in the campaign!

Can you please help us get the word out?

We’ve been able to unlock so many of the stretch goals and only have a few left! We really want to unlock everything - including a potential freebie, campaign-exclusive, mini pin which will open after the crane pendant.  A lot of people wait til last minute to pledge, and the best way to release these final rewards is to share the campaign with your friends.

Thank you so much for being here, for helping us to create these lovely pieces of art, for your time and care in sharing and for helping to fund all the work (wildlife care and art both) we're able to do! 

Much appreciation,
Foxfeather & the Foxloft Crew



Photo Contest Announcement! Free sticker unlocked, more stretch goals unlocked, and more!
11 months ago – Tue, May 27, 2025 at 04:26:21 PM


Are you a bird keeper, trainer, photographer, or fan?
We're hosting a FREE bird photo contest with a bunch of great prizes!
Silly, blurry, and quick photos you already have on your camera roll highly encouraged, we're looking for submissions for the following species:
1. Hoopoes
2. Shoebills
3. Vultures
4. Caracaras
5. Seriemas
6. Crowned Cranes
7. Kookaburras
Winners will receive a free art pin of the species in that category, and the ultimate fan favorite will receive a FULL SET of bird pins! For full details and to submit a photo go to: https://forms.gle/5ibZV79iyzh7pFT2A
*Photos accepted until midnight EST 5/31/2025!*
Please feel free to share the contest submission link above with anyone you think might be interested, or it can also be found on Facebook as a shareable post at: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18p83ityHJ/

The voting poll will be available to you as a backer, and next week we'll get to see all the fun photos and the great community here gets to choose the winners :) If you are a backer and you win, your prize or prizes will be included additional with your pledge, free of charge! 

We have now unlocked a FREE sticker for all backers with $25 or more pledges (can include add-ons) and our first set of earrings: the cute little round quails! 

Next up we have Seriema, Red Kite, Caracara, and the Magpie Earrings! 

Lets keep smashing through these stretch goals so we can get all the birds unlocked!  Thank you again, so much, for being a backer and for helping us to get the word out. You rock!