Genus of raptor, the "short-winged hawks," i.e.

Goshawks
Leather bands attached around (usually with grommets, but there are some that are removable) a birds tarsus which je
A newly permitted falconer who is under the tutelage of a general or master class falconer
One who hunts with accitipers
Leather anklets designed by the late Guy Aylmeri; replacement for traditional jesses
An attempt to fly from the fist or perch when secured
A small bell attached to the birds legs, neck, or tail. They are used to locate the bird when she is masked by cover
Small strips of leather which attach bells or other hardware to the legs
To grab quarry and hold it
A traditional perch for a falcon
To fly straight from the fist to quarry
To drink
One of for small leather straps at the back of the hood that operate in pairs to tighten(draw) and loosen(strike) the hoo
A young hawk that is mostly feathered but not yet fully capable of flight
Genus of raptor, "broad-winged hawks," i.e. the Red-Tailed Hawk
A portable hawk perch capable of holding several birds
Taking a prey item and them moving away from the falconer
1) The regurgitation of indigestible fur and bones, which is a normal daily act, 2) Two raptors that are flown together,
Area on the upper part of the beak that contains the bird’s nostrils.
To reshape the talons or beak of a raptor using a knife, abrasive stone, or other implement. Raptor beaks and talons so
human intervention to correct. Providing the raptor with hard surfaces on which to hone his beak can reduce the frequ
Long training cord or leash used to keep the raptor in a limited area before it can be trusted to return when flown free
Vascular sac were food is first digested
To pull the tightening braces of the hawk's hood
When a trained raptor first captures a type of quarry
A raptor nest site
When the bird cleans his beak
To give the raptor its daily supply of food
The equipment (such as jesses, leash, bells, bewits, and perch) needed for the practice of falconry or to maintain the h
The glove worn by the falconer
Indicates that the falconer holding such a permit has completed their apprenticeship phase, but has not yet accumulate
To eat to repletion
Leaving a bird free for a time to develop flying skills (not commonly practiced anymore)
A raptor over 1 year old, and in its adult plumage
A leather strap around a birds neck (usually accipiters) to hold them vertically so they can be launched at quarry
The leather head covering used to keep the bird calm
A method of repairing broken feathers
The psychological pairing of an infant to its perceived parent
A raptor that has molted in captivity
Male Merlin
Male Gyrfalcon
Leather or cord straps to secure a bird by the legs using an anklet
A long leather strap or cord attached to the swivel so it is easier to secure the hawk
Usually a leather bag, sometimes with wing like extensions, attached to the end of a line, and swung to attract a falco
recalling a trained raptor, and also keeps the bird in condition for hunting
The falconer attempts to come close to the falcon or hawk while the bird is sitting on prey or the lure. The object is to
Completely to train the hawk, when she is said to be 'made'. To make to the lure or hood means to be train the bird to
The process of taming a raptor
To hide food from onlookers by covering it with the wings
Northern Harrier (Like the Owl, uses sound to locate prey)
Level of permit which indicates that a falconer has at least five years of experience in the sport of falconry. Often con
and keep more raptors, or raptors of more species than either general or apprentice permittees
A gathering of falconers and their birds for the purpose of hunting game, swapping stories, and learning more about t
meets regularly
Housing for raptors
The process of dropping old feathers and re-growing new ones
"Hawk whitewash". Hawks can project fecal matter a considerable distance. The resulting streaks and splatters on sur
North American Falconers' Association - established in 1961
A raptor that was captured from the wild in the fall of its first year, or a wild raptor that has not moulted into its adult
Fully grown feathers
Height a falcon takes overhead usually expressed in feet
Straitening feathers with the beak, grooming
Small stones fed to hawks to aid in digestion. Slightly larger than peas, they are rarely used.
Shaking feathers out in a grooming action
The term for defecating, this term applies to red-tails, golden eagles, goshawks, etc. Peregrines mute.
To release the raptor after quarry
To ride on a column of air by coasting on motionless, outstretched wings (characteristic of buteos especially)
Rapid descent from altitude, usually in pursuit of quarry
To pull the opening braces of the hood so that it is ready to be removed
Used to keep the jesses and leash from becoming tangled
The hard, sharp, chitinous extensions from the toes of raptors. These are the dangerous parts of the raptor's armament
talons can penetrate deeply into prey items, or incautious falconers who rely on thin or no gloves
Lower part of raptors leg
Electronic gear for tracking lost raptors
Male raptor (called tiercel because it is usually 1/3 smaller)
Tough piece of meat to pull and eat tediously
Notch in the beaks of “longwings”. Used to kill prey more quickly.
The 12 tail feathers.
To give up chasing quarry in mid-flight
To put the bird in the weathering yard to enjoy being outside; secured
A protected area with a perch for the raptor to be secured to outdoors
The falcon maintaining a pitch over the falconer
An overhead wing stretch
State of mind of accipiters and hawks eager to hunt. It manifests itself in an exaggerated vertical posture and erected
Accipiter
Anklets
Apprentice
Austringer
Aylmeri
Bate
Bells
Bewits
Bind
Block
Bolt
Bowse
Brace
Brancher
Buteo
Cadge
Carry
Cast
Cere

Cope
Creance
Crop
Draw the Hood
Enter
Eyrie
Feak
Feed Up
Furniture
Gauntlet
General
Gorge
Hack
Haggard
Halsband
Hood
Imping
Imprint
Intermewed
Jack
Jerkin
Jesses
Leash
Lure
Making in
Make, to
Manning
Mantle
Marsh Hawk

Master

Meet
Mews
Molt
Mutes
N.A.F.A.
Passager or Passage
Penned-Hard
Pitch
Preen
Rangle
Rouse
Slice
Slip
Soar
Stoop
Strike the Hood
Swivel

Talons
Tarsus (tarsi)
Telemetry
Tiercel
Tiring
Tomial Tooth
Train
Turn Tail
Weather
Weathering Yard
Wait-On
Warble
Yarak