Costanoa adds recurring falconry show with Kenny Elvin for guests

Costanoa has put Kenny Elvin back on the calendar for July 26 at 10:00 a.m., a complimentary 40-minute falconry presentation on the Pine Tent Lawn for registered guests. The show blends flight demonstrations with natural history, then wraps with questions and photos, including selfies with a chosen bird.

The format is unmistakably resort-first, not a field lesson. Costanoa is marketing the presentation as local wildlife education for all ages, with hawks, falcons, owls and other birds shown up close and personal. The same event has surfaced repeatedly in the resort’s archive, including prior years such as 2022 and 2023-era listings, which points to a recurring place for falconry inside Costanoa’s guest programming rather than a one-off novelty.

That matters because Costanoa’s wider calendar is already built around family-oriented activities such as tie dye, geode cracking, rainbow catchers, yoga and live music. The falconry slot sits in that same leisure mix, turning raptor handling into one more amenity for people staying in Pescadero on the San Mateo County coast. Rustic Vacations describes Costanoa as a property where guests can pair outdoor recreation with wildlife education, and this show fits that model cleanly.

Elvin is a good fit for that kind of public-facing work because his resume already runs through education, events and field service. A 2019 profile said he had worked in falconry for 19 years and had earned his falconry license in the early 2000s. More recent coverage puts him at more than 20 years in the sport. He flies raptors for groups and events across California through Full Circle Falconry, and he also does wildlife management and pest-abatement work.

He has used the same interpretive style at other venues around the Bay Area. At a Santa Clara County Parks Raptor Fest event, Elvin was billed as a master falconer who would discuss falconry history, raptor biology and behavior, sometimes with a flight demonstration. Another local profile said his educational menagerie includes seven falcons, five hawks, a pair of owls and a kookaburra, a lineup that explains why these presentations land with families as easily as they do with serious bird people.

At Costanoa, the appeal is not just that a bird flies. It is that the Pine Tent Lawn becomes a small stage for the parts of falconry most people never see: the handling, the species differences, the biology, and the calm after the flight when Kenny Elvin stays put to answer questions.