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 Posing at a Photo Shoot
October 8, 2012

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…

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Haybusa in x-ray
October 1, 2012

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….

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Teasdale gives you another look at his facial disk line.
September 25, 2012

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…

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September 17, 2012

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…

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September 13, 2012

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…

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September 5, 2012

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…

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