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Operation Delta Duck - Falconry terms Category: Animals and Nature > Falconry Date & country: 27/09/2013, USA Words: 43

Wait-on
when a falcon circles above a falconer waiting for game to appear.

Widgeon
a species of North American duck.

Rouse
when a hawk lifts all its feathers and then shakes them back into place, often in preparation of flying.

Set Wings
when a falcon stops pumping its wings to gain altitude and soars, generally focusing on something below it.

Shoveler
a species of North American duck.

Stoop
a high speed dive at quarry.

Telemetry
a combination of transmitter and receiver used to track hawks,

Tiercel (adj. or n.)
a male raptor.

Pitch
the altitude a bird is flying at.

Ring Bill (Ring-Necked)
a species of North American duck.

Moult
the process of dropping feather and growing in new ones. Also used to describe the summer when no birds are flying, but resting while they moult.

Mute
hawk droppings.

Passage
bird trapped in its first year on the migration or passage.

Pintail
a species of North American duck.

Longwinger
a person who flies longwings, meaning falcons.

Lure
a small leather pouch, sometime shaped like a bird, that is used to call a hawk in to the falconer and often used as a means of conditioning.

Make-in
approaching a hawk who is on prey.

Mantle
when a hawk covers its food with its wings in an attempt to protect its meal.

Mews
area in which a hawk is kept.

Foot
when a hawk grabs something with its foot.

Gadwall
a species of North American duck.

Haggard
a wild adult hawk.

Hard-penned
when a hawk

Hawk
besides the obvious, also a general term often used to describe both hawks and falcons.

Hood
the leather covering placed on a hawks head to keep it calm and reduce stress.

Jesses
the leather straps on a hawks legs.

Cope
to groom a bird

Creance
the line used to train a hawk before it can be trusted to fly free.

Dirt Hawker
a person who hunts ground quarry, generally with a broadwing.

Enter
starting a hawk on a new quarry.

Eyas (or Eyass)
a young hawk or a hawk taken from the nest.

Cast
regurgitating the undigested feathers, fur and bones. Also means to fly a group of birds together or to restrain a hawk for medical or maintenance purposes.

Chamber
another word for mews, but generally used as a place where breeding hawks and their offspring are housed.

Chamber-Raised
an eyass that remains in the chamber with its parents and without human interaction until it is removed for training.

Braces
the leather (or sometimes gortex) strips that open and close a hood.

Broadwing
a raptor of the genus buteo or parabuteo, like a redtail or Harris

Bufflehead
A species of North American Duck

Carry
when a hawk tries to fly off with its quarry leaving its frustrated falconer behind.

Cassini
A subspecies of peregrine falcon from South America.

Anatum
a subspecies of peregrine falcon from North America.

Austringer
a person who trains short-wing hawks, ie. coopers hawks and goshawks.

Bate
when a hawk jumps off a falconer

Bewit
a small leather strap used to attach a bell or tranmitter to a hawk