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.

July 27, 2011

The Big Day for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience

Once we had the painting done I called the Game Warden to schedule our mews inspection for the Draper Museum Raptor Experience….

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Electrical going in! - Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience

Baby Steps on finishing the mews

Things were getting pretty exciting around here. The mews for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience actually looked like a building, the electrical…

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Melissa is in heaven! A turkey vulture for our program

The bird I have wanted the most for this program is one that few people appreciate—the Turkey Vulture. I never even gave…

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Siding for the mews – Thank you, Susan!!!

Holy cow! It actually looks like an official building—the siding is on! The original plan for the mews for our Draper Museum…

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The innards of the mews!

Periodically, the work on the mews for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience would come to a stand still. While waiting for the…

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Special thanks to our Raptor Experience interns

As the summer progressed, I began to stress more about the fact that my interns from the University of Wyoming weren’t actually…

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