Raptors land at Great Basin in Pahrump area
Horace Langford Jr./Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
Martin Tyner, a wildlife rehabilitator at Cedar City, Utah-based Southwest Wildlife Foundation, holds a golden eagle at Great Basin College's Pahrump campus on Sept. 24, 2018. Tyner was a guest speaker for the Red Rock Audubon Society's meeting where he displayed Scout (pictured and two other raptors.
Horace Langford Jr./Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
Martin Tyner, a wildlife rehabilitator at Cedar City, Utah-based Southwest Wildlife Foundation, holds Belle, a Harris Hawk, at Great Basin College's Pahrump campus on Sept. 24, 2018.
Horace Langford Jr./Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
Martin Tyner, a wildlife rehabilitator at Cedar City, Utah-based Southwest Wildlife Foundation, holds Piper, a prairie falcon, at Great Basin College's Pahrump campus on Sept. 24, 2018. Piper was one of three raptors on display by Tyner who was a guest speaker for the Red Rock Audubon Society.
Several birds of prey landed at Pahrump Great Basin College this fall.
The Red Rock Audubon Society, the Southern Nevada chapter of the national group, hosted a public meeting at Great Basin in Pahrump on Sept. 24. As part of that meeting, guest speaker Martin Tyner, a wildlife rehabilitator, stopped by with a few raptors or birds of prey.
The three birds on display included a golden eagle known as Scout. Tyner also brought two other falcons with him to display.
Tyner is a wildlife rehabilitator from the Southwest Wildlife Foundation in Cedar City, Utah.
For more information on the local Audubon Society, head to redrockaudubon.com
Contact reporter Jeffrey Meehan at jmeehan@pvtimes.com
