Draper Natural History Museum
Draper Natural History Museum staff and volunteers conduct long-term ecological research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and keep up with all the wildlife and science news and issues related to this world-renowned, natural treasure. Keep up with Draper Museum fieldwork and Greater Yellowstone news and information here.

Hayabusa the peregrine falcon makes my heart flutter
The first time I saw a peregrine falcon I was on an outing to Yellowstone National Park, sponsored by the Buffalo Bill…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…