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 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.
by Melissa Hill
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. […]
by Melissa Hill
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 […]
by Melissa Hill
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 […]
by Melissa Hill
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 […]
by Melissa Hill
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 […]
by Melissa Hill
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 […]