The first time I saw a peregrine falcon I was on an outing to Yellowstone National Park, sponsored by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and led by Dr. Charles Preston. […]
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!
A quick detour in blogging and a visit to the veterinarian
I’m sure everyone is thoroughly enjoying Anne’s posts about her adventures learning about each of our birds—I know I’ve enjoyed her posts. This week, however, I, personally, wanted to write about an […]
Teasdale, the Old Man (Well, Not Really)
Teasdale, our great horned owl, was the second bird I learned to work with. Before working with Teasdale, I had only seen a few great horned owls in the wild, […]
Isham, Our Resident Gentleman, and I
My feelings for Isham were based initially on my feelings for red-tailed hawks in the wild. Being the most common soaring hawk in North America, I frequently see red-tailed hawks […]
I Have the Best Job in the World
Let me begin by saying I wanted this volunteer job ever since seeing the program that HawkQuest, a raptor education program from Colorado, presented at the Center in summer 2010. […]
Announcing a new era… of blogging, anyway
As much as we all hated to see Sarah head back to school and abandon us here at the Draper Museum Raptor Experience ;0) I am happy to report that […]
