Seminar: Falconry – Introduction and Demonstration

Participants will receive a general overview of the sport of falconry and the process one must go through to participate in falconry.  Master falconers will  discuss the kinds of raptors that falconers hunt with, as well as the typical prey hunted with these birds.  Live birds planned for exhibit in a falconry “weathering yard” will include a Goshawk, Harris Hawk, Red tail Hawk, Peregrine Falcon and others.

Dick Benoit recently retired from UNLV Educational Outreach and is an apprentice falconer.   He is certified in Nevada as an Environmental Education and Interpretation specialist and his area of interest is raptor habitat and migration patterns in Nevada and the surrounding states.  Dick has enlisted the knowledge and expertise of several of his master falconer mentors for this very informative session on the sport.

Seminar Date/Time:  Saturday, March 13th, 2:15pm-3:15pm

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Images © Jeri K. Krueger (USFWS) taken at the 2009 Wings & Wildlife Festival