Things are moving right along here for the Raptor Experience. We have two birds lined up for the program and the mews are starting to look like a real building. […]
Draper Natural History Museum
Draper Natural History Museum staff and volunteers work with museum exhibits, programs, labwork, and conduct ecological research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. They also keep up with and share wildlife and science news and issues related to this world-renowned, natural treasure.
Trusses for the mews
While I was working diligently on getting the birds for the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience program lined up, work continued on the mews. We had spent a bit of time […]
Another Success—and a peregrine falcon!
The day after learning about the male Great Horned Owl, I received a call in regards to the Peregrine Falcon I had inquired about. She had also suffered a wing injury and […]
A Response—and a great horned owl for our flock!
The very first message I sent in regards to a bird was for a female Great Horned Owl with a wing injury. She was in Utah at Second Chance Wildlife […]
Mews Construction: Hurry Up & Wait!
Anxiously waiting on mews construction progress As I waited impatiently for responses to my bird inquiries for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience, the mews construction continued. The building seemed to […]
Bird “shopping” for the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience
While the mews were under construction (we even had concrete poured!!!), I started looking for birds for our Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience program. The estimated completion date for the mews […]