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.
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Four score and seven years ago, we chose to go to the moon and I had a dream. (There were birds in it and I was in my underwear)
By Sarah the Intern I knew this day would come…kind of like how you know you’re going to have high blood pressure…
A bird in the hand is worth two Facebook posts (at least at first)
By Sarah the Intern It wasn’t until the second day, when Melissa let us hold Teasdale the great horned owl, that it…