Melissa Hill

Suli the turkey vulture
July 9, 2012

“That bird’s as big as you are!”

By Sarah the Intern I was so excited when Melissa told me we were finally going to have me hold Suli the…

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June 25, 2012

A raptor update is needed!

By Sarah the Intern I have spent so much time and space on this blog talking about the raptors themselves, that I…

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The equal-opportunity grump: our great horned owl

By Sarah the Intern Teasdale the great horned owl was the second bird to stand on my glove. He slowly and reluctantly…

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Isham the red-tailed hawk, Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience
June 18, 2012

A Boy and His Bird, or more accurately, a red-tailed hawk who tolerates the presence of a boy

By Sarah the Intern It was earlier in my experiences with the birds, probably around my first week, when a woman asked…

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Brandon and Suli
June 11, 2012

Four score and seven years ago, we chose to go to the moon and I had a dream. (There were birds in it and I was in my underwear)

By Sarah the Intern I knew this day would come…kind of like how you know you’re going to have high blood pressure…

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June 4, 2012

A bird in the hand is worth two Facebook posts (at least at first)

By Sarah the Intern It wasn’t until the second day, when Melissa let us hold Teasdale the great horned owl, that it…

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