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.

May 31, 2012

Passing the torch of blogging to interns

Okay, in case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been a bit busy lately. Since my last post we had our International Migratory Bird…

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A curious--and hungry--youngster
May 25, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: May 25, 2012

Wow! We finally got a break last week from the hot, dry spring weather with two days of rain, and today we…

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Great Blue Heron in Oklahoma (detail)
May 6, 2012

Catching up after vacation

I managed to squeeze in a quick vacation before we really get under way with the summer programs. Unfortunately, I really didn’t…

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Golden eagle nest
April 26, 2012

Fieldnotes from the Edge of the Wild: April 26, 2012

In my last blog post, I discussed trophic cascades and humility in the face of the complexity of nature. We’re in the…

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April 19, 2012

So much to do, so little time…

That about sums it up. Not only are we in the full swing of training for summer, but I decided that “the…

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Suli, Our Turkey Vulture, perched with open wings.
April 5, 2012

Flying for Real, training season

Well, the first of April has come and gone and we here at the Draper Museum Raptor Experience are officially in the…

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