Falconers use their own language to describe falconry equipment and birds of prey indeed in the glossary of falconers language you will find many strange terms and words used by falconers, we hope you enjoy learning the falconers language
Accipiter - The short winged birds of prey such as Goshawks.
Anklets - The leather round a bird of preys legs through which you thread the jesses
Austringer - Person that hunts with and flies accipiters.
Bate - when the bird of prey leaps off your fist or from its perch
Bind - when a bird of prey nails prey or quarry and holds it
Block - A block of usually turned wood or plastic with a spike on one end that sits in the ground to teather birds of prey usually falcons
Bow perch - A perch with a bow shaped top, covered in leather or rubber with a metal ring that slides all the way over the bow
Brancher - An almost fully feathered bird of prey that cant yet fly
Buteo - A broad winged hawk, for example the Common Buzzard
Cadge - Used in medieval times by the Kings falconer, a 'basket perch' capable of holding many birds of prey
Cast - Several meaning, a pellet regurgitated by birds of prey containing bones and fur, two or more birds of prey flow together and to hold a bird of prey securely, used to cope the beak and talons etc.
Casting jacket - A roll of material with usually velcro to assist in casting a bird of prey
Cope - To file down the beak and or talons of a bird of prey
Creance - A long training line
Crop - Vascular sac were food is first digested.
Dummy bunny - In the UK man made objects shaped to look like a bunny are used to drag behind ones self to encourage the bird of prey to hunt rabbits
Enter - When a bird of prey nails quarry
Eyas - A bird of prey taken from nest before fledgling.
Eyrie - An Eagles nest site.
Hack - Putting the bird of prey in a huge netted area allowing it to fly free but contained to build up survival skills and fitness
Hard Penned - The bird of prey has grown all its feathers
Hood - A leather hood used to cover the head of birds of prey usually falcons to give them a sense of security
Imping - Cutting an old feather onto a broken feather
Imprint - Allowing the bird of prey to 'think' its human, taken from its parents at an early age.
Intermewed - A bird of prey that has moulted in captivity.
Jesses - Thin leather used on the legs of the bird of prey to hold it securely.
Leash - A length of rope used to teather the bird of prey
Lure - In the UK man made birds are used often of leather body and birds wings to encourage the bird of prey to hunt birds
Manning - Spending many hours with a bird of prey in order to tame it
Mantle - When a bird of prey covers its food from you and other threats with its wings
Mews - Used to house birds of prey
Nailed - When the bird of prey uses its talons as a weapon
Pitch - The height a bird of prey reaches above you
Preen - When a bird of prey cleans its self
Quarry - Prey of the bird of prey
Rangle - Small stones fed to the bird of prey to assist the crop
Rouse - When the bird of prey shakes its self and fluffs up also to pass droppings before flight
Slip - To let the bird of prey fly after prey
Stoop - When a bird of prey goes into a dive
Talons - The very sharp and powerful feet on a bird of prey
Telemetry - Tracking gear for birds of prey
T perch - A tall perch used to train birds of prey to fly to the fist
Weather - To harden the bird of prey to the elements
Yarak - The mind set of birds of prey hunting. |
