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.

Our beautiful Hayabusa at the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience showing off her back, with its stunning blue/black coloration.
September 23, 2011

Whirlwind Trip, Part 2

After a very encouraging evening with the falcon, I was excited to go get the red-tailed hawk. He is coming from an…

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September 1, 2011

Whirlwind Trip, Part 1

After the arrival of our great horned owl on Friday evening, I had no time to stop and ponder how great it…

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Great horned owl Teasdale shortly after arriving at his new home with the Draper Museum Raptor Experience.

“Home, Sweet Home” for our new flock!

I realize it’s been a while since we here at the fledgling Draper Museum Raptor Experience posted anything new, but there’s been…

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A view of our red-tailed hawk, showing his "bad" side. He's still quite handsome!
August 22, 2011

A step closer to our raptor permits

We talked to our state representative earlier this afternoon. We should have our permit approval by tomorrow! They have been concerned about…

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August 18, 2011

Growing Up, Vulture Style!

I love being able to share photos with people. Since none of our birds are in our possession yet, it’s hard to…

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August 16, 2011

Moving right along, mews ready!

There hasn’t been a whole lot going on around here recently. At least, that’s the way it feels most of the day….

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