Ken Ryan extends his hand to an orphaned hawk that he took in around four months ago. Ryan named the hawk Accipiter and has been caring for it at his home in Newman Lake. Coeur d'Alene Press story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Gabe Green)

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