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!

Barn Owl being Mobbed by a Brewer's Blackbird
January 21, 2019

Mobbing: What It Is, and Why Do Mobbed Birds Put Up With It

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Humming Bird Feeding From a Flower
December 27, 2018

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November 13, 2018

Draper Museum Raptor Experience celebrates seven years at Buffalo Bill Center of the West

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October 1, 2018

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A Short-eared Owl
August 6, 2018

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Bearded Vulture
June 11, 2018

Did You Know? Ten Amazing Facts About Birds of Prey and Vultures

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