Falconry Quiz

1. A trait or characteristic of the Kestrel in the wild that carries over and becomes vice when it is trained in falconry is
Soaring
Warbling
Carrying
Preening

2. A malar stripe is likely to be found on
A Peregrine
A Passage Redtail
A Coopers Hawk
Great Horned Owl

3. A bird's "train" is their
head
foot
wing
tail

4. The sole member of the genus Parabuteo
Harris Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Marsh Hawk
Krider's Hawk

5. Untreated, Frounce is usually fatal within _____ days of the time symptoms mainfest
one day
two days
ten days
thirty days

6. After taking a nestling raptor, its ears should be inspected for
Hearing ability
Maggots
Feather growth/damage
Castings

7. During early training, "carrying" can be discouraged by
fastening the lure to the ground
forcibly removing food from the raptor
quickly making into a rapto on its kill
feeding on the fist only

8. The term "feak" means to allow a raptor to
swallow/digest large piece of quarry without tearing
cast a pellet
wipe their beak against a perch or on a glove after feeding
use their beak to straighten/clean feathers after a kill

9. Legal trapping season for passage birds in New York State is from
September 1 - December 31
September 1 - January 15
September 1 - January 25
September 1 - February 15

10. The term a "good tiring" means
feeding your raptor a bird wing with very little meat attatched to pick at
flying your bird hard for two days in a row
keeping your bird in a giant hood for an extended period of time
flying your raptor in an open field

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