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Introduction<\/h2>\n

Is your comfort level with free-ranging raptor medicine and surgery growing, but you feel a bit unnerved by falconers and falconry lingo (Fig 1)?<\/p>\n

\"Harris<\/a>

Figure 1<\/strong>. Harris hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus<\/em>) with leather jesses<\/strong> (arrow) strapped around its legs. Image by Dr. Mike Jones.<\/p><\/div>\n

Although the definitions for some falconry terms are intuitive, many modern falconry words are French in origin and their meanings may not be immediately obvious. You will feel more comfortable \u201ctalking the talk<\/em>\u201d after you review our falconry vocabulary list below.<\/p>\n

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Vocabulary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Table 1<\/strong>. Falconry vocabulary terms<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Term<\/strong><\/td>Definition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BATE<\/td>Bating is when a bird tethered by jesses attempts to fly from the fist or perch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAST<\/td>Casting or egestion<\/a> is the production of a pellet consisting of compressed indigestible material<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COPE<\/td>\u2018Coping\u2019 is the term for trimming raptor beaks and talons.
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CREANCE<\/td>A long, light cord attached to leather straps or \u2018jesses<\/em>\u2019, which are fitted around the bird\u2019s legs. The creance is used to prevent the bird from flying away during training.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EYAS
(EYASSES plural)
\n<\/td>		A young raptor that has been removed from parent birds and taken before it is capable of flight. This term usually refers to birds taken before 15 days of age so they will imprint on human handlers.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FALCON or HEN<\/td>Female raptor
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAGGARD<\/td>Term for a raptor caught as an adult\u2014and therefore very difficult to train.
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IMP<\/td>A procedure performed to repair a broken flight feather by splicing it to an undamaged feather.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JESSES<\/td>Leather straps which are fitted around the raptor\u2019s legs.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LURE
\n
\n<\/td>		A man-made object made to resemble a prey item that is garnished with meat. The lure is swung on a long line to call in the falcon and to exercise the bird.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MANTLE
\n
\n<\/td>		A raptor spreading its wings to guard its prey.
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEWS<\/td>\u2018Mews\u2019 are the falconry equivalent of stables. Mews were originally the place where raptors were housed during the summer molt.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MUTES
\n<\/td>		Raptor droppings
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PASSAGES or PASSAGE BIRDS<\/td>Fledged, free-flying juvenile birds that are trapped on their first migration (or passage) southward. These birds become tame but do not imprint therefore they may retain some survival skills if lost.
\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RANGLE<\/td>The deliberate feeding of stones to captive hawks or falcons so they can cast up the stones to \u201ccleanse\u201d the stomach, theoretically making the bird hungrier and a better hunter. Some falconers practice this technique up to once monthly during the hunting season, however there is little evidence to show this works and the practice should be avoided (Ford 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STOOP<\/td>The head first high-velocity dive used by falcons to take their prey from above.
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\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TIERCEL<\/td>Male raptor
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References<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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