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Haley Selen

May 31, 20221 min read

Kestrel Egg Quiz

This week, try a quiz question posed by the American Kestrel Partnership: Ready for the answer? According to the AKP: "The correct answer...

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Haley Selen

May 24, 20221 min read

Yawn

Is Scuba roaring? Belting out an aria? Yawning? Or simply stretching his jaw? Someone once told me that every animal yawns. I haven't...

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Haley Selen

May 18, 20221 min read

Perch Repair

Aldo the American Kestrel likes to stay busy during breeding season. Sometimes he tears newspaper into strips or pulls out his leather...

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Haley Selen

May 4, 20221 min read

Nesting

Aldo the American Kestrel has been busy preparing a nest in a corner of his mew, and showing it off to anyone that walks by!

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Haley Selen

May 1, 20222 min read

Consistency

As a budding animal trainer 8 years ago, my internship supervisor set a thick three-ring binder on my desk to peruse during my office...

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Haley Selen

Apr 27, 20221 min read

Tidbit Sorting

A new intern looked at me like I was crazy as I painstakingly cut tiny tidbits of meat and carefully scraped them off the scissors in a...

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Haley Selen

Apr 20, 20221 min read

Meet the Ambassadors: Scuba

The "Most Ferocious Animal at the Museum" award might go to one of our smallest residents. Scuba the Tiger Salamander may not have...

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Haley Selen

Apr 13, 20223 min read

Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza has been causing quite a stir recently in the bird community. With nearly a 100% mortality rate in raptors, it is...

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Haley Selen

Apr 7, 20222 min read

Meet the Ambassadors: Carson

"Keeeee-eer!" I could hear the classic Red-tailed Hawk call from my desk in the Museum as it echoed through the backyard. I couldn't help...

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Haley Selen

Mar 30, 20221 min read

Outsmarted

When Otto the Great Horned Owl started destroying one of his perches, I came up with the perfect plan. Or so I thought. He had begun...

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