Falconer earns wildlife conservation's highest honor.

Why?  He was NOT going to let the kestrels become extinct.   Falconer's determination saved them.

Saving the worlds rarest kestrel.

The Return of the Peregrine 2016

https://vimeo.com/80228305

EarthSpan, Monitoring Peregrines for Decades

https://www.facebook.com/PadreIslandPeregrines/photos/a.320199688140121.1073741829.314615355365221/542992219194199/?type=3&fref=nf

Falconers helping peregrines transition to the wild

These peregrines were taken care of by falconers prior to being back in the wild.
https://www.facebook.com/Midwest-Peregrine-Society-354352871260525/

Historic falcon trapping and banding

I met Brian McDonald years ago in Virginia at a falconry meet.  He also made hoods.
http://blog.nature.org/science/2014/01/27/mad-men-go-falcon-trapping/

Peregrine Falcon 'Island Girl' is on the move

Watch her migration here:

http://www.frg.org/track_pefa12.htm

Falconry DOES benefit raptors prior to release

See here:   http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1647/1082-6742(2006)20%5B15:FLAADF%5D2.0.CO%3B2