Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2010 Listening to the Golden Eagle: Fieldwork 2010 By Charles R. Preston, PhD In its second year in 2010, the Draper Natural History Museum’s Golden Eagle Program at the Buffalo Bill [Center of the West] continues to reveal new information. Here, Dr. Charles R. Preston weighed in on that year’s work. […]
Wow! We finally got a break last week from the hot, dry spring weather with two days of rain, and today we have temps in the thirties and snow. What a difference a week makes. This was shaping up to be the warmest, driest spring in decades. Sometimes people forget to make the distinction between […]
22 July: At least one of our nests has a young eagle yet to fledge! This bird is at least 62 days old and reluctant to leave the safety of the nest. This nest is more than 65 feet from the nearest safe ground, so this youngster may be wise to hang on for a […]
Holy cow! It actually looks like an official building—the siding is on! The original plan for the mews for our Draper Museum Raptor Experience didn’t include siding due to budget restrictions. Fortunately, Susan Ahalt, aka “the bird lady,” generously donated the money for the siding on our building. Susan is an amazing lady who not only […]
July 8, 2011: Summer has definitely arrived in the Bighorn Basin! Still a good deal of green and some wildflowers in bloom, but things are heating up and drying out. It was 93 degrees F yesterday afternoon when several of us visited one of our successful eagle nests. The single fledgling left the nest more […]
10 June, 2011: First entry in the 2011 Golden Eagle Journal…Headed out into Bighorn Basin to check on a few eagle nests and follow up a lead on a Burrowing Owl nest I’d heard about. Finally a good day for fieldwork, with temperatures in the 60s F, and relatively calm winds. High clouds, but mostly […]