Post by Eddie on Nov 29, 2007 0:24:12 GMT -5
Accipiter:
The Latin name for a genus of raptors known as the "short-wing" hawks; also the "true hawks."
Aspergillosis:
A fungal disease of the respiratory tract.
Austringer:
One who keeps and hunts with the accipiters and buteos.
Aylmeri jesses:
A jess in two parts; the cuff and the strap.
Baggie(s):
Live, handicapped quarry that you provide to the hawk and expect the hawk to hunt.
Bal-Chatri:
A trap on which many nooses are tied.
Bate:
To jump off the fist or perch.
Bewit:
A small leather strap used to secure a bell or telemetry to the tarsi of the bird.
Bind to:
To seize quarry with the feet and hold it, either on the ground or in the air.
Blain:
A puss filled boil of the second joint of the wing.
Block Perch:
A block of wood used as a perch for falcons and eagles.
Bolt:
To fly directly from the fist at quarry.
Bow Perch:
A perch shaped like an upside down rainbow which is commonly used for buteos, parabuteos and accipiters.
Bowser:
The term used when a raptor drinks.
Braces:
The leather straps used to open or close a hood.
Brail:
A soft leather thong used to bind one wing of a hawk to prevent bating.
Brancher:
A young raptor which is ready to leave the eyrie.
Break into:
To begin to eat quarry.
Bumblefoot:
Infection in the bottom of a raptors foot.
Buteo:
The Latin name for a genus of raptors known as the broad-wing hawks.
Buzzard:
A term used in other countries to describe the buteos, or the broad-wing hawks.
Cadge:
A portable perch used for carrying several raptors into the field at one time.
Call off:
To call a hawk back to the falconer.
Callow:
A nestling raptor whose feathers are still in the blood.
Candidae:
A white yeast that can be in the oral or nasal passages.
Carrion:
Dead animals to which some eagle species feed from.
Carry:
To fly away with quarry; also to carry your bird on the fist.
Cast:
1. Two raptors flown together; 2. also the act of disgorging the pellet or [casting]; 3. also to hold or wrap a bird to prevent movement; 4. also to throw a hawk from the fist at quarry.
Cast(ing):
The indigestible portions of the last meal consisting of fur, feathers and bones.
Chase:
The act of a trained raptor to pursue quarry.
Check:
To change from one quarry to another during a flight.
Codger:
A person that carries the cadge.
Cope; coping:
Cutting back the beak or talons.
Crab:
A clash or fight between falcons, usually in the air.
Cramp:
A disease of young hawks in which limbs stiffen.
Creance:
A long, strong line used to secure a raptor before free flight.
Creche
A condition where several imprint birds are all raised together and fed together so they are socialized like they would be if left with the parents.
Crop:
1. The sac where food is first stored before passing to the stomach; 2. also the amount of food a raptor is permitted to eat.
Crop, put over:
The action of the raptors neck when forcing food from the crop into the stomach.
Crop, put away:
When all the food in the crop has been moved to the birds stomach.
Decks:
The two center tail feathers of the train.
Dho-Gazza:
A square net suspended vertically next to live bait to catch a raptor.
Dihedral:
The position of a flying raptors wings; slightly above horizontal.
Diurnal:
All day time species of raptors.
Dispatch:
The act of a raptor or falconer to kill its quarry.
Draw:
1. To tighten the braces of the hood; 2. also to take a hawk from the mews after molting.
Endew:
To digest.
Enseame:
To rid a raptor of excess fat and mucus.
Enter:
To set up an opportunity so a raptor has an easy chance to take a kind of new quarry.
Eyass or eyas:
The nestling of a raptor.
Eyrie (also aerie):
The nest of a raptor.
Facial Disk:
The circular, dish shape of feathers on owls to aid in hearing.
Falcon:
The female of long-wings; also designating a species.
Feak:
The action of wiping the beak against the perch or glove after feeding.
Festoon:
The smooth, rounded part in the center of the upper beak of hawks, eagles and owls. It takes the place of the notch in falcons.
Fist bound:
Raptor readily comes to the fist but won't chase quarry.
Foot:
1. To clutch or bind to quarry; 2. also to quickly grab the falconers hand; 3. also that part of the body.
Fret marks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Hunger Streaks or Stress Marks.
Frounce:
A disease of the mouth and throat.
Full-summed:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened; same as Hard Penned.
Funking:
Raptor jumps in and out of the bath container instead of taking a complete bath.
Giant hood:
A large box or pet carrier used to transport your raptor in if it is not hood trained.
Gleam:
A thick, slimy fluid coughed up before and after a raptor casts its pellet.
Gorge:
1. Allowing a raptor to eat its fill; 2. also to crop.
Gyrkin:
A male Gyrfalcon.
Hack:
The state of complete liberty and freedom.
Hack board:
The board on which food is tied when birds are being kept at hack.
Haggard:
A raptor over one year of age.
Halsband:
A cord hung loosely across the back of an accipiters neck which is used for launching the bird.
Halux:
The hind toe of hawks, eagles and falcons.
Hard penned:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened.
Hawk:
A diurnal raptor.
Hood:
A close fitting leather cap used to cover the head and eyes of a raptor to keep it calm.
Hood shy:
A trained raptor that fears and resists the hood.
Hoodwinked:
The action of placing the hood over the birds head to recover the captured prey from it's talons.
Hunger streaks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Stress Marks or Fret Marks
Imp; imping:
The method of repairing a broken feather.
Intermewed:
1. The inactivity of a hawk while molting; 2. used to describe the age of a bird (i.e. 4 times intermewed = 4 years old)
Jack:
The male of a Merlin falcon.
Jerkin:
The male of a Gyrfalcon.
Jesses:
Leather straps permanently attached to the legs of a raptor.
Juvenal:
The correct term for pre-basic plumage (e.g., a first-year bird technically is in juvenal plumage vs. an older bird that would be referred to as being in adult plumage).
Juvenile:
Immature; technically the term refers to sexual immaturity. {Not all birds in juvenal plumage (i.e.; "first-year" birds) are juvenile since there are records of birds in juvenal plumage breeding in their first-year for several species.}
Leash:
A detachable leather strap attached to the swivel to secure the raptor to its perch or when being held.
Lores:
The area of the face between the eye and beak, also has hair-like feathers.
Lure:
An artificial item made to resemble prey which is used to call a bird back to the falconer.
Mail:
1. The breast feathers; 2. also to cast a hawk to prevent movement.
Make in to:
To approach a raptor with the lure or quarry on the ground.
Malar Stripe:
The dark vertical bar under the eyes of falcons to reduce the glare of the sun.
Man (to); manning:
Taming a raptor.
Mantle:
The stretching of one wing and one leg on the same side at the same time while spreading the train; 2. also, to spread the sails and train to cover or hide food or quarry.
Mews:
The building or room where a raptor is kept.
Musket:
The male of the sharp-shinned hawk, also known as a sparrow hawk.
Mutes:
The excrement of a raptor.
Nares:
The nostrils of a raptor.
Notch:
The sharp point just behind the tip of the beak on falcons which is used to sever the spine of its prey.
Ocelli:
Fake "eyes" on the back of the American Kestrel.
Pannel:
The lower venter of the abdomen of a raptor.
Passage:
A raptor less than one year of age; the migration of birds.
Passager:
A raptor that is captured on its migration; also a raptor that is less than one year of age.
Pectin:
A growth at the rear of the eyeball of all birds, more predominant in raptors and highly developed and largest in the falcon species.
Penned, hard:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened.
Perlin:
A hybred species between a Peregrine Falcon and a Merlin.
Pitch:
The height a falcon seeks and maintains when waiting on.
Plume:
1. To pull fur or feathers off quarry; 2. also the feathers on top of the hood.
Preen:
Straightening and dressing the feathers with the beak.
Put down:
To kill.
Put in:
To drive quarry into the open.
Put over:
To push food from the crop to the proventuculas.
Put out:
To drive quarry into the open.
Put up:
To fly a falcon that takes a pitch.
Quarry:
Any prey item the raptor chases.
Rake away:
To fly too wide of the falconer or to leave all together.
Raking:
Flying low to the ground.
Rangle:
Smooth stones given orally to a raptor to quickly reduce its weight.
Raptor:
Any type of bird of prey.
Reclaim:
To man and train a raptor.
Ring:
The spiral flown by a falcon climbing to its pitch.
Ring Perch:
Simular in disign to the bow perch, this is a complete circle shaped perch commony used for buteos, parabuteos and accipiters and sometimes eagles. The ring perch usually has a "tail saver" inside the ring.
Rouse:
Where the bird raises all of its feathers and shakes them all at once.
Rundreck:
A modified block perch where the leash is tied to a hole going through the center of the block.
Sails:
The wings of a raptor.
Screamer:
A bird, usually an eyas that constantly screams at a high pitch. Usually begging for food when it sees the falconer or strangers.
Screen Perch:
A waist high perch commonly used for large falcons that has a screen, cloth or plastic tarp like material draped over it and secured to the base of the perch which stops the bird from wrapping itself around the perch. Can be useful in eliminating bating problem but can be dangerous to the bird if not constantly attended!
Serve:
To provide quarry for a raptor.
Seel:
An old act of sewing the eyelids closed. (Do not ever do this; it's cruel!)
Sexually dimorphic:
The ability to determine gender by color of the eye or plumage.
Sharp set:
Hungry.
Sit down:
A bird flies to a tree or pole or lands on the ground and sits there, not responding to the falconer.
Slice:
The forcible discharge of excrement by raptors, especially buteos.
Slip:
To release a raptor at game.
Soar:
The riding of thermals.
Stoop:
The head-first dive of a raptor, usually a falcon.
Step:
An indentation in the lower mandible of falcons which allows the notch to sit in.
Stress marks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Hunger Streaks or Fret Marks.
Strike:
The instant of contact between a hunting raptor and quarry or lure.
Strike (the hood):
To loosten the braces of the hood and remove it from the birds head.
Summed, full:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened; same as Hard Penned.
Supercilary line:
The white line of feathers directly above the eyes of goshawks; not as prominent in cooper's or sharpy's.
Tail Saver:
1. A firm paper, cardboard or plastic sheath wrapped around the tail of newly trapped or bird pulled from the chamber, usually an acciiter. 2. A "X" shaped rope or leather strap attatched to the inside of a ring perch to prevent the bird from going through the perch and getting tangled up or breaking off the tip of the tail.
Tarsi:
The leg of a raptor.
Tiercel:
The male of a raptor. Given because it is actually a tiercel, meaning 1/3 less in size.
Tidbit:
Small piece of meat used to reward or entice a raptor.
Tiring:
Any tough part of quarry consisting mostly of feathers, fur and sinew.
Train:
The tail of a raptor; also live quarry provided by the falconer to enter a hawk.
Truss:
To seize quarry and hold it.
Varvel:
Small flat rings sewed on the ends of traditional jesses which were written the owner's name and address.
Wait on:
To fly above the falconer, usually done by falcons.
Wake:
To keep a raptor from sleeping during the manning process.
Warble:
Stretching both wings upward over the head until they nearly touch; the tail is fully spread at the same time.
Washed meat:
Meat, usually beef, that is soaked for 24 hours in water to remove the blood and nutrients. Fed to a hawk to help it reduce its weight during training.
Watching:
The process of keeping a raptor awake day and night to deprive it of sleep to help in manning through mental and physical exhaustion. During this process the bird is usually held on the fist constantly or on a perch that is constantly moved by the falconer or an assistant.
Weather:
Placing a raptor in the open air in good weather.
Yarak:
The state of eagerness to kill, especially noticeable in accipiters.
The Latin name for a genus of raptors known as the "short-wing" hawks; also the "true hawks."
Aspergillosis:
A fungal disease of the respiratory tract.
Austringer:
One who keeps and hunts with the accipiters and buteos.
Aylmeri jesses:
A jess in two parts; the cuff and the strap.
Baggie(s):
Live, handicapped quarry that you provide to the hawk and expect the hawk to hunt.
Bal-Chatri:
A trap on which many nooses are tied.
Bate:
To jump off the fist or perch.
Bewit:
A small leather strap used to secure a bell or telemetry to the tarsi of the bird.
Bind to:
To seize quarry with the feet and hold it, either on the ground or in the air.
Blain:
A puss filled boil of the second joint of the wing.
Block Perch:
A block of wood used as a perch for falcons and eagles.
Bolt:
To fly directly from the fist at quarry.
Bow Perch:
A perch shaped like an upside down rainbow which is commonly used for buteos, parabuteos and accipiters.
Bowser:
The term used when a raptor drinks.
Braces:
The leather straps used to open or close a hood.
Brail:
A soft leather thong used to bind one wing of a hawk to prevent bating.
Brancher:
A young raptor which is ready to leave the eyrie.
Break into:
To begin to eat quarry.
Bumblefoot:
Infection in the bottom of a raptors foot.
Buteo:
The Latin name for a genus of raptors known as the broad-wing hawks.
Buzzard:
A term used in other countries to describe the buteos, or the broad-wing hawks.
Cadge:
A portable perch used for carrying several raptors into the field at one time.
Call off:
To call a hawk back to the falconer.
Callow:
A nestling raptor whose feathers are still in the blood.
Candidae:
A white yeast that can be in the oral or nasal passages.
Carrion:
Dead animals to which some eagle species feed from.
Carry:
To fly away with quarry; also to carry your bird on the fist.
Cast:
1. Two raptors flown together; 2. also the act of disgorging the pellet or [casting]; 3. also to hold or wrap a bird to prevent movement; 4. also to throw a hawk from the fist at quarry.
Cast(ing):
The indigestible portions of the last meal consisting of fur, feathers and bones.
Chase:
The act of a trained raptor to pursue quarry.
Check:
To change from one quarry to another during a flight.
Codger:
A person that carries the cadge.
Cope; coping:
Cutting back the beak or talons.
Crab:
A clash or fight between falcons, usually in the air.
Cramp:
A disease of young hawks in which limbs stiffen.
Creance:
A long, strong line used to secure a raptor before free flight.
Creche
A condition where several imprint birds are all raised together and fed together so they are socialized like they would be if left with the parents.
Crop:
1. The sac where food is first stored before passing to the stomach; 2. also the amount of food a raptor is permitted to eat.
Crop, put over:
The action of the raptors neck when forcing food from the crop into the stomach.
Crop, put away:
When all the food in the crop has been moved to the birds stomach.
Decks:
The two center tail feathers of the train.
Dho-Gazza:
A square net suspended vertically next to live bait to catch a raptor.
Dihedral:
The position of a flying raptors wings; slightly above horizontal.
Diurnal:
All day time species of raptors.
Dispatch:
The act of a raptor or falconer to kill its quarry.
Draw:
1. To tighten the braces of the hood; 2. also to take a hawk from the mews after molting.
Endew:
To digest.
Enseame:
To rid a raptor of excess fat and mucus.
Enter:
To set up an opportunity so a raptor has an easy chance to take a kind of new quarry.
Eyass or eyas:
The nestling of a raptor.
Eyrie (also aerie):
The nest of a raptor.
Facial Disk:
The circular, dish shape of feathers on owls to aid in hearing.
Falcon:
The female of long-wings; also designating a species.
Feak:
The action of wiping the beak against the perch or glove after feeding.
Festoon:
The smooth, rounded part in the center of the upper beak of hawks, eagles and owls. It takes the place of the notch in falcons.
Fist bound:
Raptor readily comes to the fist but won't chase quarry.
Foot:
1. To clutch or bind to quarry; 2. also to quickly grab the falconers hand; 3. also that part of the body.
Fret marks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Hunger Streaks or Stress Marks.
Frounce:
A disease of the mouth and throat.
Full-summed:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened; same as Hard Penned.
Funking:
Raptor jumps in and out of the bath container instead of taking a complete bath.
Giant hood:
A large box or pet carrier used to transport your raptor in if it is not hood trained.
Gleam:
A thick, slimy fluid coughed up before and after a raptor casts its pellet.
Gorge:
1. Allowing a raptor to eat its fill; 2. also to crop.
Gyrkin:
A male Gyrfalcon.
Hack:
The state of complete liberty and freedom.
Hack board:
The board on which food is tied when birds are being kept at hack.
Haggard:
A raptor over one year of age.
Halsband:
A cord hung loosely across the back of an accipiters neck which is used for launching the bird.
Halux:
The hind toe of hawks, eagles and falcons.
Hard penned:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened.
Hawk:
A diurnal raptor.
Hood:
A close fitting leather cap used to cover the head and eyes of a raptor to keep it calm.
Hood shy:
A trained raptor that fears and resists the hood.
Hoodwinked:
The action of placing the hood over the birds head to recover the captured prey from it's talons.
Hunger streaks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Stress Marks or Fret Marks
Imp; imping:
The method of repairing a broken feather.
Intermewed:
1. The inactivity of a hawk while molting; 2. used to describe the age of a bird (i.e. 4 times intermewed = 4 years old)
Jack:
The male of a Merlin falcon.
Jerkin:
The male of a Gyrfalcon.
Jesses:
Leather straps permanently attached to the legs of a raptor.
Juvenal:
The correct term for pre-basic plumage (e.g., a first-year bird technically is in juvenal plumage vs. an older bird that would be referred to as being in adult plumage).
Juvenile:
Immature; technically the term refers to sexual immaturity. {Not all birds in juvenal plumage (i.e.; "first-year" birds) are juvenile since there are records of birds in juvenal plumage breeding in their first-year for several species.}
Leash:
A detachable leather strap attached to the swivel to secure the raptor to its perch or when being held.
Lores:
The area of the face between the eye and beak, also has hair-like feathers.
Lure:
An artificial item made to resemble prey which is used to call a bird back to the falconer.
Mail:
1. The breast feathers; 2. also to cast a hawk to prevent movement.
Make in to:
To approach a raptor with the lure or quarry on the ground.
Malar Stripe:
The dark vertical bar under the eyes of falcons to reduce the glare of the sun.
Man (to); manning:
Taming a raptor.
Mantle:
The stretching of one wing and one leg on the same side at the same time while spreading the train; 2. also, to spread the sails and train to cover or hide food or quarry.
Mews:
The building or room where a raptor is kept.
Musket:
The male of the sharp-shinned hawk, also known as a sparrow hawk.
Mutes:
The excrement of a raptor.
Nares:
The nostrils of a raptor.
Notch:
The sharp point just behind the tip of the beak on falcons which is used to sever the spine of its prey.
Ocelli:
Fake "eyes" on the back of the American Kestrel.
Pannel:
The lower venter of the abdomen of a raptor.
Passage:
A raptor less than one year of age; the migration of birds.
Passager:
A raptor that is captured on its migration; also a raptor that is less than one year of age.
Pectin:
A growth at the rear of the eyeball of all birds, more predominant in raptors and highly developed and largest in the falcon species.
Penned, hard:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened.
Perlin:
A hybred species between a Peregrine Falcon and a Merlin.
Pitch:
The height a falcon seeks and maintains when waiting on.
Plume:
1. To pull fur or feathers off quarry; 2. also the feathers on top of the hood.
Preen:
Straightening and dressing the feathers with the beak.
Put down:
To kill.
Put in:
To drive quarry into the open.
Put over:
To push food from the crop to the proventuculas.
Put out:
To drive quarry into the open.
Put up:
To fly a falcon that takes a pitch.
Quarry:
Any prey item the raptor chases.
Rake away:
To fly too wide of the falconer or to leave all together.
Raking:
Flying low to the ground.
Rangle:
Smooth stones given orally to a raptor to quickly reduce its weight.
Raptor:
Any type of bird of prey.
Reclaim:
To man and train a raptor.
Ring:
The spiral flown by a falcon climbing to its pitch.
Ring Perch:
Simular in disign to the bow perch, this is a complete circle shaped perch commony used for buteos, parabuteos and accipiters and sometimes eagles. The ring perch usually has a "tail saver" inside the ring.
Rouse:
Where the bird raises all of its feathers and shakes them all at once.
Rundreck:
A modified block perch where the leash is tied to a hole going through the center of the block.
Sails:
The wings of a raptor.
Screamer:
A bird, usually an eyas that constantly screams at a high pitch. Usually begging for food when it sees the falconer or strangers.
Screen Perch:
A waist high perch commonly used for large falcons that has a screen, cloth or plastic tarp like material draped over it and secured to the base of the perch which stops the bird from wrapping itself around the perch. Can be useful in eliminating bating problem but can be dangerous to the bird if not constantly attended!
Serve:
To provide quarry for a raptor.
Seel:
An old act of sewing the eyelids closed. (Do not ever do this; it's cruel!)
Sexually dimorphic:
The ability to determine gender by color of the eye or plumage.
Sharp set:
Hungry.
Sit down:
A bird flies to a tree or pole or lands on the ground and sits there, not responding to the falconer.
Slice:
The forcible discharge of excrement by raptors, especially buteos.
Slip:
To release a raptor at game.
Soar:
The riding of thermals.
Stoop:
The head-first dive of a raptor, usually a falcon.
Step:
An indentation in the lower mandible of falcons which allows the notch to sit in.
Stress marks:
A weakness in feathers caused by a shortage of food or nervous stress; also called Hunger Streaks or Fret Marks.
Strike:
The instant of contact between a hunting raptor and quarry or lure.
Strike (the hood):
To loosten the braces of the hood and remove it from the birds head.
Summed, full:
When the shafts of the large flight and train feathers have hardened; same as Hard Penned.
Supercilary line:
The white line of feathers directly above the eyes of goshawks; not as prominent in cooper's or sharpy's.
Tail Saver:
1. A firm paper, cardboard or plastic sheath wrapped around the tail of newly trapped or bird pulled from the chamber, usually an acciiter. 2. A "X" shaped rope or leather strap attatched to the inside of a ring perch to prevent the bird from going through the perch and getting tangled up or breaking off the tip of the tail.
Tarsi:
The leg of a raptor.
Tiercel:
The male of a raptor. Given because it is actually a tiercel, meaning 1/3 less in size.
Tidbit:
Small piece of meat used to reward or entice a raptor.
Tiring:
Any tough part of quarry consisting mostly of feathers, fur and sinew.
Train:
The tail of a raptor; also live quarry provided by the falconer to enter a hawk.
Truss:
To seize quarry and hold it.
Varvel:
Small flat rings sewed on the ends of traditional jesses which were written the owner's name and address.
Wait on:
To fly above the falconer, usually done by falcons.
Wake:
To keep a raptor from sleeping during the manning process.
Warble:
Stretching both wings upward over the head until they nearly touch; the tail is fully spread at the same time.
Washed meat:
Meat, usually beef, that is soaked for 24 hours in water to remove the blood and nutrients. Fed to a hawk to help it reduce its weight during training.
Watching:
The process of keeping a raptor awake day and night to deprive it of sleep to help in manning through mental and physical exhaustion. During this process the bird is usually held on the fist constantly or on a perch that is constantly moved by the falconer or an assistant.
Weather:
Placing a raptor in the open air in good weather.
Yarak:
The state of eagerness to kill, especially noticeable in accipiters.