Originally published in Points West magazine Fall/Winter 2017 Dispatches from the Field: The Eagles of Rattlesnake Gulch By Charles R. Preston, PhD In 2008, Dr. Charles R. Preston, Willis McDonald IV Senior Curator of the Draper Natural History Museum, began a study of golden eagles in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. Since 2012, he’s shared […]
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 […]
A new exhibition is soon to take flight at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum, Monarch of the Skies: the Golden Eagle in Greater Yellowstone and the American West. The project draws together past studies and the Draper’s own 10 years of research and field work in the sagebrush-steppe environment […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum opens an exciting new permanent exhibition in June 2018, Monarch of the Skies: The Golden Eagle in Greater Yellowstone and the American West. Electronic Press Kit Here, find details, including contact information, images, press releases, and relevant links to more on Monarch of the Skies. CLICK […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Spring 2018 Monarch of the Skies: The Golden Eagle in Greater Yellowstone and the American West By Charles R. Preston, PhD, and Bonnie Lawrence-Smith It was truly a dark and stormy night. The storm brought torrential rain, sleet, snow, golf-ball-sized hail, and wind—Wyoming-level wind! It had driven us from […]
“The Golden Eagle is the most powerful aerial predator in North America, capable of killing animals as formidable as deer and wolves,” according to Dr. Charles R. Preston of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum. “But while the eagle’s diet varies significantly across its range,” notes Preston, “in the sagebrush […]