The Draper Museum Raptor Experience will be 10 years old in 2021. In honor, we are featuring the 11 raptors in the program. Amelia is a short eared owl. Unlike most other owls, short eared owls are active in the middle of the day. “She’s a lot of fun to have in our programs just […]
Our Draper Museum Raptor Experience has a new member of the flock! Our newest raptor is a young, female American kestrel. She hatched earlier this year and was most likely just getting the hang of flying when she collided with something (we’ll never know what), causing permanent damage near her left elbow. She was found […]
Immerse your students in an interactive, participatory, standards based experience curriculum about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s ecology. This curriculum is ideal for elementary and middle school students and meets national, Wyoming, and Montana science benchmarks and standards. The resources include grade appropriate content, 360 photos, videos, other multimedia, and assessments for your classroom. As you […]
Our Birds’ Stories Like all the residents of the Draper Museum Raptor Experience, our American Kestrels are in our care because they can no longer survive in the wild. Our male kestrel, Salem, arrived at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on December 30, 2013. He had been rescued by the folks at Second […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2011 Report from the Field: Golden Eagles, Sagebrush Country, and the Spirit of the American West By Dr. Charles R. Preston “Wait till you hear what we saw today,” shouted an excited Patrick Rodgers from across the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s employee parking lot as I was […]
The Draper Museum Raptor Experience will be 10 years old in 2021. In honor of its anniversary, Museum Minutes are featuring the 11 raptors in the program. The Raptor Experience is a live raptor education program that shares the region’s wild animals with visitors to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Isham, the red […]