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a |\hawk |\of |\a |\group |\distinguished |\by |\short, |\broad |\wings | and |\relatively |\long |\legs, |\adapted |\for |\fast |\flight |\in |\wooded |\country. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Accipiter You |\must |\be |\at |\least |\ 12 |\years |\of |\age |\to |\become |\an | _________, |\and |\you |\must |\have |\a |\general |\or |\master | falconer |\as |\a |\sponsor |\while |\you |\are |\an |___________. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Apprentice |\Falconer Living |\in |\trees. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Arboreal A |\form |\of |\fungal |\infection, |\leading |\to |\the |\lethal | inflammation |\of |\the |\lungs. |\Insidious |\in |\onset, |\difficult |\to | treat, |\and |\nearly |\always |\fatal. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Aspergillosis one |\who |\hunts |\with |\a |\broadwinged |(buteo, |\eagle, | parabuteo) |\or |\a |\shortwinged |\hawk |(accipiter) |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Austringer
A |\modern |\variant |\of |\the |\restraints |\used |\to |\control | raptors. |\They |\consist |\of |\three |\parts: |\anklets, |\bracelets, | or |\cuffs |\which |\are |\fitted |\around |\the |\hawk's |\tarsi, |\mews | jesses |\with |\a |\swivel |\which |\are |\fitted |\whenever |\the |\hawk | is |\tethered, |\and |\stills |\field |\jesses |\which |\are |\fitted | whenever |\the |\hawk |\is |\flown |\free. |______s |\are |\required |\by | law. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Aylmeri |\Jesses This |\trap |\is |\double |\caged |\to |\prevent |\the |\talons |\of |\the | raptor |\from |\getting |\through |\to |\the |\live |\bait |\inside, |\but | the |\raptors |\talons |\will |\get |\caught |\on |\the |\outside |\of |\it |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Bal-Chatri The |\wild |\jumping |\off |\and |\beating |\of |\wings |\in |\which |\most | hawks |\indulge |\in |\at |\one |\time |\or |\another, |\while |\still |\held | to |\the |\block, |\perch, |\or |\fist. |\May |\be |\caused |\by |\fright, | wildness, |\boredom, |\or |\plain |\temper. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Bate The |\long |\feathers |\of |\a |\hawk's |\wing, |\also |\called |\the |"primaries". |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Beam |\Feathers These |\are |\most |\useful |\when |\the |\bird |\is |\down |\on |\quarry | and |\trying |\to |\hide. |\can |\be |\annealed |\on |\a |\hot |\plate |\to | make |\them |\less |\brittle. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Bells
Dreaded |\foot |\infection |\that |\can |\lead |\to |\the |\destruction |\of |\the |\raptor |\affected.Recovery |\tends |\to |\be |\long |\and |\slow, | due |\to |\the |\fact |\that |\the |\feet |\are |\needed |\for |\perching. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Bumblefoot Red-tailed |\hawks |\and |\Red-shouldered |\hawks |\belong |\to |\a | category |\of |\hawks |\that |\soar |\and |\have |\broad |\wings |\and | wide |\tails |\that |\are |\banded. |\What |\is |\this |\category |\called? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Buteo European |\vernacular |\for |\the |\Buteo. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Buzzard A |\portable |\perch |\used |\for |\carrying |\hawks |\in |\the |\field. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Cadge To |\attract |\a |\hawk |\to |\the |\trainer |\by |\voice, |\signal, |\or |\lure. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Call |\to The |(sometimes) |\commercial |\breeding |\of |\captive |\birds |\of |\prey. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Captive |\Breeding
When |\a |\hawk |\flies |\off |\with |\the |\quarry |\it |\has |\just |\killed |\as | the |\falconer |\is |\approaching. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Carry Two |\or |\more |\hawks |\flown |\together |(traditionally, |\always | longwings) |\at |\a |\difficult |\quarry. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Cast The |\bare, |\waxy |\area |\between |\the |\beak |\and |\crown |\of |\a | raptor. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Cere The |\number |\of |\eggs |\laid |\at |\once |\by |\a |\female |\raptor. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Clutch Most |\often |\refers |\to |\the |\weight |\of |\the |\hawk |\relative |\to | flying |\weight. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Condition 33" |\wing |\span, |\rounded |\tail. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Cooper's |\Hawk To |\trim |\and |\reshape |\an |\overgrown |\talon |\or |\beak. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Coping
When |\a |\hawk |\cleans |\her |\beak |\on |\her |\perch |\after |\feeding, |\wiping |\it |\briskly |\back |\and |\forth. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Feak A |\vernacular |\term |\for |\the |\falconer's |\gloved |\and | protected |\hand. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Fist A |\hawk |\that |\does |\not |\hunt |\and |\is |\spoiled. |\Also |\called |\a |"pet". |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Fistbound The |\achievement |\of |\flying |\for |\the |\first |\time. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Fledge These |\are |\specialized |\contour |\feathers |\found |\on |\a |\birds | wing |\and |\tail.They |\help |\provide |\lift |\for |\flight. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Flight |\Feathers The |\act |\of |\causing |\game |\or |\quarry |\to |\bolt |\from |\cover. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Flush The |\weight |\at |\which |\a |\hawk |\is |\healthy |\enough |\to |\fly |\and | hunt, |\yet |\sufficiently |\hungry |\to |\respond |\to |\the |\falconer's | control, |\and |\to |\any |\quarry |\that |\is |\flushed. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Flying |\Weight
A |\hawk |_____s |\quarry |\when |\clutching |\it |\with |\intent |\to | kill. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Foot When |\the |\hawk |\is |\allowed |\free |\flight |\in |\the |\Mews. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Free-Lofted A |\line |\across |\feathers |\created |\when |\a |\bird |\is |\starved |\or | diseased |\while |\she |\was |\growing |\the |\feather. |\Also |\called | stress |\marks, |\stress |\bars, |\or |\hunger |\traces. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Fret |\Marks Flat, |\cheesy, |\yellowish |\growth |\in |\mouth |\and |\throat, | especially |\under |\the |\tongue. |\Caused |\by |\members |\of | Columbidae. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Frounce A |\term |\describing |\when |\the |\feathers |\have |\reached |\their | full |\length |\and |\are |\no |\longer |\filled |\with |\blood. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Full |\Summed To |\become |\a |__________, |\you |\must |\be |\at |\least |\ 16 |\years |\of | age |\and |\you |\must |\have |\practiced |\falconry |\with |\your |\own | bird(s) |\at |\the |\apprentice |\level |\for |\at |\least |\ 2 |\years, | including |\maintaining, |\flying, |\and |\hunting |\birds |\for |\a | total |\of |\at |\least |\ 6 |\months |\each |\year. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔General |\Falconer
moving |\object |\they |\see |\and |\hear. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Imprinting A |\hawk |\that |\has |\been |\kept |\a |\full |\year, |\hence |\moulted |\in | captivity |(in |\the |\mews). |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Intermewed A |\male |\Merlin. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Jack A |\male |\Gyrfalcon. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Jerkin The |\leather |\straps |\fastened |\to |\a |\trained |\hawk's |\legs. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Jesses When |\a |\hawk |\responds |\with |\enthusiasm |\it |\is |\said |\to |\be | ___. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Keen The |\object |\by |\which |\the |\falconer, |\whirling |\it |\around |\his | head, |\attracts |\a |\trained |\hawk, |\when |\flying |\free |\on |\its | own. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Lure The |\longwing |\equivalent |\of |\fistbound. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Lurebound
The |\act |\of |\slowly |\and |\carefully |\approaching |\the |\hawk | when |\on |\its |\quarry |\on |\the |\ground |\so |\the |\hawk |\can |\be | taken |\up. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Make |\in |\to To |___ |\a |\hawk |\is |\getting |\the |\hawk |\thoroughly |\accustomed |\to |\the |\sight |\and |\presence |\of |\people, |\animals, |\and |\things | of |\all |\sorts |\so |\that |\the |\hawk |\is |\at |\ease |\in |\any |\company. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Manning When |\a |\hawk |\leisurely |\stretches |\one |\wing |\over |\its | outstretched |\leg |\on |\the |\same |\side |\and |\the |\train |(tail) |\as | well. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mantle The |\highest |\level |\falconer. |\Can |\own |\ 5 |\wild |\birds, | unlimited |\captive-bred |\birds, |\and |\can |\possess |\eagles. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Master |\Falconer The |\place |\where |\the |\hawk |\is |\kept. |\Also |\known |\as |\a | Hawk-House. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mews The |\annual |\shedding |\and |\replacement |\of |\feathers. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Moult The |\nostrils |\of |\a |\hawk. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Nares
Ready |\for |\food |\and |\ready |\to |\hunt. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Sharp-Set A |\chance |\at |\quarry. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Slip The |\device |\that |\links |\a |\hawk's |\jesses |\to |\its |\leash. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Swivel The |\leg |\of |\a |\hawk |\between |\foot |\and |\hock. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Tarsus Contemporary |\method |\of |\radio |\location |\of |\falconry | raptors. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Telemetry To |\cast |\off |\a |\hawk |\from |\the |\fist. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS | ✔✔Throw |\off A |\small |\piece |\of |\meat |\or |\quarry |\used |\to |\control |\the |\hawk | in |\the |\field. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Tidbit A |\tough |\piece |\of |\meat |\or |\a |\wing |\of |\pigeon |\or |\such |\like, | given |\to |\a |\hawk |\in |\training |\while |\on |\the |\block |\or |\perch | with |\which |\it |\can |\amuse |\and |\exercise |\in |\order |\to |\prolong
|\the |\meal |\and |\work |\the |\muscles |\of |\the |\back |\and |\neck. |- | CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Tiring A |\hawk's |\tail. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Train A |\hawk |\still |\wild. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Unreclaimed The |\action |\of |\a |\longwing |\circling |\round |\above |\the | falconer |\waiting |\for |\him |\to |\serve |\quarry |\to |\give |\the |\hawk |\something |\to |\fly |\at. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Waiting- on The |\area |\where |\the |\hawk |\goes |\to |\weather. |- |\CORRECT | ANSWERS |\✔✔Weathering |\Yard An |\Easter |\word, |\meaning |\that |\the |\hawk |\is |\in |\flying |\order, |\ready |\for |\quarry. |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Yarak