This year has thrown everyone a curve ball. Learn how the Draper Natural History Museum rose to the unexpected challenge of 2020 as we look at our year in review. A Moose in the Fall Draper Curator, Nathan Doerr along with Patrick Needham and Terry Chase (Chase Studio, Inc) complete renovations in Mountain Meadow exhibits. […]
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 […]
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2018 Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Eggs Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming find perfect habitat for nests which they construct on ledges carved out of sandstone. Eggs incubated in the spring hatch in mid-April, and by early July, surviving nestlings fledge to leave […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2009 On the Trail of the Golden Eagle: Summer Fieldwork with the Golden Eagle Posse By Charles R. Preston, PhD Field of dreams…for researchers Watch out — Rattlesnake! I could clearly hear the staccato rattling of the annoyed reptile as I crested the sandstone outcrop and looked out over […]
Golden eagles are a key species and a powerful predator in the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem of Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin. At the June Draper Natural History Museum Lunchtime Expedition, speaker Brian Woodbridge reminds us that golden eagles are found far and wide in the West in diverse habitats—some very different from the Basin. “Golden eagles occupy a […]
The Draper Natural History Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West opened a new permanent exhibition on June 10, 2018. The exhibition focuses on the last ten years of research on golden eagle activity in the Bighorn Basin. Golden eagles are a top predator so by studying the top of the food chain, […]