By Sarah the Intern Before I came to work for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, public speaking made me nervous and I had never held a bird before. […]
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!
“That bird’s as big as you are!”
By Sarah the Intern I was so excited when Melissa told me we were finally going to have me hold Suli the turkey vulture. This was it. I was about […]
A raptor update is needed!
By Sarah the Intern I have spent so much time and space on this blog talking about the raptors themselves, that I figured I’d use an extra space this week […]
The equal-opportunity grump: our great horned owl
By Sarah the Intern Teasdale the great horned owl was the second bird to stand on my glove. He slowly and reluctantly made his way onto my arm, glaring at […]
A Boy and His Bird, or more accurately, a red-tailed hawk who tolerates the presence of a boy
By Sarah the Intern It was earlier in my experiences with the birds, probably around my first week, when a woman asked an interesting question. She wanted to know if […]
Four score and seven years ago, we chose to go to the moon and I had a dream. (There were birds in it and I was in my underwear)
By Sarah the Intern I knew this day would come…kind of like how you know you’re going to have high blood pressure some day, or heart disease. Eventually it’s going […]
