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!

November 27, 2012

My Day of Solo

Eventually our wonderful summer interns abandoned us, and Melissa decided she needed a rest, so she also abandoned us for a week,…

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November 19, 2012

New Places Are So Scary!! says Suli the turkey vulture

Suli the turkey vulture spent her time in our garden this summer being the star of our twice-daily program, at least in…

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November 12, 2012

Why Does the Center Have Live Birds?

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West offers our visitors collections and educational programs designed to stimulate people’s interest and help them…

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November 5, 2012

Whooo Helped At the Museum’s Hootin’ Howlin’ Halloween Event?

Halloween brings a special day at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Suli, our turkey vulture, gets ready for it by…

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October 29, 2012

Being a Bird Handler Isn’t All Play – Cleaning the Mews

If you have been following our blog, then you know that our summer intern, Sarah, wrote a very entertaining blog on cleaning…

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October 22, 2012

Feeding the birds – They’ll love me now for sure

One of the jobs that we agree to do when we volunteer as a bird handler is to help with feeding the…

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