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 22, 2011

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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July 21, 2011

Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience takes flight!

Hello and welcome to the brand new blog for the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Experience! It’s been a long and bumpy road, getting…

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Big Horn Basin
July 11, 2011

Golden Eagle Journal: July 8, 2011

July 8, 2011: Summer has definitely arrived in the Bighorn Basin! Still a good deal of green and some wildflowers in bloom,…

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June 23, 2011

Golden Eagle Journal: June 22, 2011

22 June, 2011: It has been an exciting couple of weeks since last entry! The weather continued windy, cool, and rainy/snowy through…

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