Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

Joseph Henry Sharp (1859 – 1953), "Crow Indians on Horses in Tipi Village." Black and white photograph.

About Crow Indian Horses – Points West Online

July 16, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1999 About Crow Indian Horses By Joseph Medicine CrowCrow Tribal Historian and Plains Indian Museum Advisory Board Member Around 1725 or 1770 a Crow Indian […]

Treasures from Our West: America swallow-tailed kite

July 16, 2014 by Nancy McClure

American swallow-tailed kite The American swallow-tailed kite is a bird of prey related to other kites, eagles, hawks, and falcons. Prior to 1900, the swallow-tailed kite bred in the United […]

More Yellowstone wildflowers

July 14, 2014 by Nancy McClure

A whole new palette of Yellowstone wildflowers, July 13, 2014 If you read my recent blog post about early summer wildflowers in Yellowstone National Park, you may remember that one […]

Three bald eagles perched on tree branch. Gabby Barrus Collection. Gift of the Barrus Family, Marj, Mick, Jim and Page Barrus. SL.301.08.311 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: three bald eagles

July 14, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2010 Photographer Gabby Barrus’s Three Bald Eagles in Winter Three bald eagles gather on a branch with hints of winter all around—the bare […]

A golden eagle nestling has an urgent call for “food delivery” from its parents. Photo by Golden Eagle Posse member Richard Brady.

Points West Online: Listening to the Golden Eagle: Fieldwork 2010

July 12, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2010 Listening to the Golden Eagle: Fieldwork 2010 By Charles R. Preston, PhD In its second year in 2010, the Draper Natural History Museum’s Golden Eagle […]

The Feathered Cape and Painted Proof – Points West Online

July 9, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 1997 The Feathered Cape and Painted Proof: Stearns painting resolves mystery on origin of unusual feathered capes By Emma I. Hansen, Curator Emerita, Plains […]