Treasures from Our West: Photo, golden eagle chicks

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2012

Photograph, two young golden eagle chicks in nest

As the Draper Museum of Natural History celebrates its tenth anniversary, golden eagles—the pair of youngsters shown here was likely captured on film sometime in the 1970s by gifted amateur photographer Gabby Barrus—play an important part in the Draper’s active scientific research program, which studies population dynamics and ecology of the eagles here in the rapidly-changing sagebrush-steppe environments of the Greater Yellowstone region.

As Draper Founding Curator Dr. Charles R. Preston notes, the museum’s golden eagle field research “has recently garnered national attention and promises to provide new insights for public lands conservation and management.”

Color slide by Gabby Barrus. Two young golden eagles in cliffside nest. Gabby Barrus Slide Collection. Gift of the Barrus Family, Marj, Mick, Jim and Page Barrus. SL.301.16.10

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