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Male Greater Sage Grouse
March 20, 2025

Practicing Safe Leks: A Guide to the Greater Sage-Grouse

The Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is one of the flashiest introverts in the bird world. For most of the year, these hefty,…

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March 16, 2025

Rubber Boas: The Pythons of the Rockies (only cuter)

If you’re wandering around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and hoping to spot one of the region’s most elusive creatures, you might find…

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August 9, 2022

The End of Summer

Well, summer is almost over, and I’ve reached the final chapter of my internship. My time as an intern has really…flown by!…

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Grizzly Bear Foot
July 19, 2022

Articulation Madness with Grace

Where Has the Time Gone?! Sheesh, it’s already July! Summer is going by too fast. It’s gotten a lot hotter too, which…

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Young woman holding owl
June 5, 2022

The Internship: Part II

Clouds and Rain Galore Happy June! It was rainy pretty much this entire week (May 30th to June 3rd). There were maybe…

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May 29, 2022

The Internship

Hello! My name is Grace Shumway, and I’m the intern this summer for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience. I’ll be writing these…

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