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.

Lark bunting
July 16, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: July 16, 2012

Summer set in with a vengeance in the Intermountain West through much of June, after some cooling weather and rain at the…

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Isham stares winks at the camera at the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience.

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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