Falcon Exam

Front 1

bind

Back 1

to grab quarry (or a lure or a falconer’s hand) and hold it

Front 2

brancher

Back 2

a young hawk that is mostly feathered but not yet fully capable of flight

Front 3

break into

Back 3

to tear into quarry and begin eating

Front 4

broad wing

Back 4

another term for a buteo

Front 5

Cere

Back 5

smooth featherless skin just above the beak (also called the operculum)

Front 6

Eyass

Back 6

a bird taken from the next before fledgling

Front 7

Eyrie

Back 7

A raptor nest

Front 8

Feak

Back 8

cleaning the beak by rubbing usually done after a meal

Front 9

Haggard

Back 9

a wild bird in her adult plumage (over 1 year-old)

Front 10

Hallux

Back 10

backward facing toe on most raptors, responsible for puncturing vital organs of prey

Front 11

Longwing

Back 11

Another term for a falcon

Front 12

Mantle

Back 12

stretching out of the wings to hide food

Front 13

Mute

Back 13

Raptors excrement

Front 14

Passager

Back 14

a wild raptor taken in it’s first year of life (before getting it’s adult plumage)

Front 15

Primary feathers

Back 15

most distal feathers on the wing, responsible for main forward thrust of flight

Front 16

Rouse

Back 16

the shaking of feathers; a sign of a relaxed and content bird

Front 17

Secondary feathers

Back 17

most proximal feathers (closer to the body)

Front 18

Short wing

Back 18

another term for an accipiter

Front 19

Slice

Back 19

raptor’s feces ejected with force

Front 20

supraorbital ridge

Back 20

the ridge just above the eye (not usually seen in immature birds)

Front 21

Tarsus

Back 21

The 'Leg' of a raptor

Front 22

Tiercel

Back 22

technically a male peregrine falcon but also used to describe male of any falcon species

Front 23

Alymeri jesses

Back 23

leather strips which go through anklets so that the falconer can hold the bird while on the fist or attach a leash and swivel

Front 24

Anklets

Back 24

leather straps that go around a birds leg to which are attached the jesses

Front 25

Bal chiatri

Back 25

traditional trap used by falconers. Valued for its safety and simplicity.

Front 26

Block perch

Back 26

traditional perch for a falcon

Front 27

Bow perch

Back 27

traditional perch for a hawk

Front 28

Braces

Back 28

straps which are used to open and close the hood

Front 29

Brail

Back 29

used to restrain a wing to prevent bird from bating

Front 30

Creance

Back 30

long line attached to bird and used to fly bird longer distances while training

Front 31

Dho-gazza

Back 31

A trap consisting of a net suspended between a bird and bait. May be more stressful and less safe for the bird than other types of traps

Front 32

Field jesses

Back 32

slit-less jesses used when bird is flying free

Front 33

Gauntlet

Back 33

Leather glove

Front 34

Giant hood

Back 34

Box or other container for transporting birds

Front 35

Lure

Back 35

made to represent ‘quarry’, it is used to train, for exercise, and for retrieval of a bird

Front 36

Swivel

Back 36

goes between the leash and the jess and helps prevent tangling

Front 37

Yagi

Back 37

hand-held antennae receiver used with telemetry

Front 38

Bate

Back 38

when a bird attempts to fly from the fist or a perch while attached to the leash, a sign of nervousness, anxiousness, or impatience

Front 39

Cast off

Back 39

while the bird is on the fist propelling the fist forward to aid the bird take off for flight

Front 40

Draw the braces

Back 40

The act of opening the hood

Front 41

Enseam

Back 41

to bring a birds weight down to an appropriate level for training and hunting, usually done after the moult

Front 42

Enter

Back 42

To introduce a Raptor to new quarry with hunter

Front 43

Intermew

Back 43

To mault a bird in captivity

Front 44

To man

Back 44

to acclimate a bird to human presence

Front 45

Rake away

Back 45

to pull out of a pursuit of quarry

Front 46

Slip

Back 46

giving the raptor an opportunity to fly at prey

Front 47

Stoop

Back 47

when a falcon flies up high and then dives down onto quarry or a lure

Front 48

Throw up

Back 48

to quickly pull up out of a stoop when quarry is missed or to avoid an accident

Front 49

Wait on

Back 49

to fly above the falconer waiting

for quarry to be produced

Front 50

Yarak

Back 50

when all aspects of the readiness comes together and is focused on the hunt

Front 51

apoplexy

Back 51

seizures caused by low blood sugar usually brought on by high stress

Front 52

aspergillosis

Back 52

serious disease which causes fungal growth in the respiratory system

Front 53

avian herpes

Back 53

a dangerous viral infection usually transmitted by pigeons

Front 54

Bumblefoot

Back 54

bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction on the feet of birds

Front 55

To cast

Back 55

to restrict movement of the bird in order to perform health or equipment maintenance

Front 56

A casting

Back 56

regurgitated contents of undigested food (usually feathers and fur)

Front 57

coccidiosis

Back 57

disease of the GI tract causing bloodstained mutes

Front 58

Cope

Back 58

trimming of a raptor’s beak and/ or talons

Front 59

Corn

Back 59

early sign of a more serious foot disease

Front 60

Fret marks

Back 60

A line across feathers created when a bird is stressed from starvation or disease while it was growing the feather

Front 61

Frounce

Back 61

a yeast infection of the digestive tract which causes cheesy plaques to appear on the inside of a bird’s mouth and throat

Front 62

Hard penned

Back 62

the shaft of the feather after the blood supply has rescinded; a mature feather

Front 63

Imp

Back 63

repairing of a damaged feather

Front 64

Siezure

Back 64

the result of low blood sugar and/ or high stress

Front 65

Rangle

Back 65

small stones ingested by raptor to aid in digestion

Front 66

Rickets

Back 66

the result of a calcium deficiency

Front 67

Star gazing

Back 67

the result of a vitamin D deficiency

Front 68

trichonomiasis

Back 68

the protozoa which causes the disease known as frounce