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!

July 23, 2012

Squeaky Clean (And a little soggy)

By Sarah the Intern As the summer gets warmer, insects become more numerous. While this influx of arthropods gives Suli, our turkey…

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Isham stares winks at the camera at the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience.
July 16, 2012

Meet the press! (And try not to strangle them)

By Sarah the Intern Before I came to work for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, public speaking made me nervous…

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Suli the turkey vulture
July 9, 2012

“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…

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June 25, 2012

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…

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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…

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Isham the red-tailed hawk, Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience
June 18, 2012

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…

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