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Local falconer’s Audubon program connects hunting, conservation


A captive-raised gyrfalcon-prairie falcon hybrid that had been lost by an area falconer last year is seen here on a bridge above Hangman Creek. Before being recaptured by falconers last week, the bird apparently displaced the wild peregrine female that had nested under the Sunset Highway bridge for seven years. 
 (Photo by Tom Munson / The Spokesman-Review)

WILDLIFE — “Falconry and game hunting, a conservation alliance,” is the title of a program to be presented by Spokane falconer Doug Pineo on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The program is sponsored by the Spokane Audubon’s Society which meets at Riverview Retirement Community, Village Community Building, 2117 E. North Crescent Ave. near Upriver Drive.

Pineo’s involvement in falconry dates back decades, and he was involved with the movement that brought the peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction.  He recently retired a shoreline specialist with the Washington Department of Ecology.

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