Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and...
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In falconry, a mews is a birdhouse designed to house one or more birds of prey. In falconry there are two types of mews: the freeloft mews and traditional...
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captivity, releasing, flight, and either the falcon will be recaptured for falconry or released into the wild. This has also been adapted to other raptor species...
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Pellet (ornithology) (redirect from Casting (falconry))
indigestible plant matter, bones, fur, feathers, bills, claws, and teeth. In falconry, the pellet is called a casting. The passing of pellets allows a bird to...
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A lure is an object used in falconry, usually made of leather with a pair of bird wings or feathers attached. It is often an effigy of a prey species or...
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falconry. The hood is handmade, often from kip leather or suitable kangaroo leather. There are two standard types used in American/European falconry:...
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traditionally made from leather, used to tether a hawk, falcon, or owl in falconry. Jesses allow a falconer to keep control of a bird while it is on the glove...
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Fostering, in falconry and reintroduction of birds, is a method of breeding birds for their introduction into the wild that consists of placing chicks...
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Peregrine falcon (category Falconry)
admired falconry bird, and has been used in falconry for more than 3,000 years, beginning with nomads in central Asia. Its advantages in falconry include...
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Harris's hawk (category Falconry)
in Western Europe, especially Britain, but it is a popular species in falconry and these records almost invariably all refer to escapes from captivity...
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century, and was destroyed by fire in 1828. Today, only the chapel and the falconry remain. On 2 April 1383, a marriage contract was signed in Salvaterra de...
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De arte venandi cum avibus (redirect from The Art of Falconry)
The Art of Hunting with Birds') is a Latin treatise on ornithology and falconry written in the 1240s by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. One of the...
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Pointing Dogs. The Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-58574-618-7. "History of Falconry". The Falconry Centre. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 22...
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hawk" or a peregrine falcon a "duck hawk". Falconry was once called "hawking", and any bird used for falconry could be referred to as a hawk. Aristotle...
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Slechtvalk (redirect from Falconry (album))
(1999–2000), before Shamgar finally settled on Slechtvalk. The debut album, Falconry, was released in 2000 by the now-defunct Dutch label Fear Dark which had...
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2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (mong.) Soma, Takuya. 2012. ‘Contemporary Falconry in Altai-Kazakh in Western Mongolia’The International Journal of Intangible...
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Golden eagles in human culture (section Falconry)
represented by the eagle. Golden eagles can be trained to be highly effective falconry birds, though their size, strength, and aggressiveness require careful...
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Merlin (bird) (section Use in falconry)
sparrows to quail. The merlin has for centuries been well regarded as a falconry bird. In recent decades merlin populations in North America have been significantly...
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Car hawking (redirect from Drive-by falconry)
Car hawking, or drive-by falconry is a modern falconry technique which relies upon the use of a motor car or other motor vehicle as a base from which...
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Historia Naturalis. The earliest record of falconry comes from the reign of Sargon II (722–705 BC) in Assyria. Falconry is thought to have made its entry to...
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American kestrel (section Use in falconry)
urban falconry not requiring large tracts of land or the use of hunting dogs. This form of falconry is sometimes referred to as "micro-falconry" or "micro-hawking"...
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Sport in Qatar (section Falconry)
races. Falconry has been a popular and culturally-revered practice in Qatar for centuries. Originating as more than a mere pastime, falconry has emerged...
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Aplomado falcon (section Falconry)
"During the time of Shakespeare a new bird from the New World came upon the falconry scene in Spain, Portugal and France. It was known to courtiers of Henry...
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Golden Eagle Festival (category Falconry)
eagles where are taken from the nest as downy chicks, or eyasses to use the falconry term, at mere days of age. These eagles become imprinted on humans, and...
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Hunting with eagles (category Falconry)
Hunting with eagles is a traditional form of falconry found throughout the Eurasian Steppe, practiced by ancient Khitan and Turkic peoples. Today it is...
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play games, such as cards, chess and dice. She was also taught archery, falconry, horseback riding and hunting. Anne's father, Thomas, continued his diplomatic...
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play lute and virginals, was competent in prose, poetry, horsemanship, falconry, and needlework, and was taught French, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Greek...
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dolphin drive, dugong hunting Alligator hunting Kangaroo hunting Other Falconry Green hunting Poaching Trapping Hunting has a long history. It predates...
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Takagari (category Falconry)
Takagari (鷹狩) is Japanese falconry, a sport of the noble class, and a symbol of their nobility, their status, and their warrior spirit. In Japan, records...
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