Author: Melissa Hill

While earning her Bachelor's Degree in Wildlife Management at the University of Wyoming, Melissa began volunteering at Laramie Raptor Refuge and was instantly hooked on birds of prey.

Since those early days, she has worked with nearly 70 different raptors at four different raptor education groups in three states. She is a former member of the Education Committee for the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE) and a National Association for Interpretation's Certified Interpretive Guide.

When she's not "playing with the birds" she enjoys spending time quilting, crocheting, and exploring the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with her non-bird family.

A Response—and a great horned owl for our flock!

July 22, 2011 by Melissa Hill

The very first message I sent in regards to a bird was for a female Great Horned Owl with a wing injury. She was in Utah at Second Chance Wildlife […]

Mews Construction: Hurry Up & Wait!

July 22, 2011 by Melissa Hill

Anxiously waiting on mews construction progress As I waited impatiently for responses to my bird inquiries for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience, the mews construction continued. The building seemed to […]

Bird “shopping” for the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience

July 22, 2011 by Melissa Hill

While the mews were under construction (we even had concrete poured!!!), I started looking for birds for our Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience program. The estimated completion date for the mews […]

Progress on the mews for the Raptor Experience

July 22, 2011 by Melissa Hill

The progression of building the mews to house the future birds of our new Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience program seemed to be going really fast for a few weeks. The […]

Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience takes flight!

July 21, 2011 by Melissa Hill

Hello and welcome to the brand new blog for the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience! It’s been a long and bumpy road, getting this program off the ground. We started in […]