The Draper Museum Raptor Experience
The Draper Museum Raptor Experience is an exciting live raptor education program at the Draper Natural History Museum in Cody, Wyoming. The Draper is one of five museums at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, which embraces the Spirit of the American West. What better way to celebrate the wildness of this wonderful area than by sharing some of its most spectacular wild animals with our guests. Visitors to the Center have the unique opportunity to get an up close and personal view of some of Wyoming’s most recognized predators – the birds of prey!
Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, the Uninvited Guests
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Introducing the Western Screech-owl
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Abatement, the Working Raptor
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Avian Ambassadors and the Vet
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Introducing the Eastern Screech-owl
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Birds and the Law
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