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.

The trusses have finally arrived and they went up fast!
July 22, 2011

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…

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Hayabusa Posing at a Photo Shoot

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….

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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….

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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,…

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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…

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Progress on the mews for the Raptor Experience

The progression of building the mews to house the future birds of our new Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience program seemed to be…

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