Page 01: Falconry Glossary of useful words

Instructions

Starting off simple, the first page of the falconry fan forum is the dictionary because why not Trainer titles: •Australinger - One who hunts primarily or only with Accipiters. •Falconer - Person who practices Falconry. Hawk Actions: •Cast: Regurgitation of Indigestible items like bones and fur, a normal daily act, Two hawks flown together, or To hold a hawk to stop it from moving. •Feak: when a hawk cleans its beak. •Imping: A method of mending broken feathers. •Mantle: Hiding food from onlookers by covering it with their wings. •Preen: when a Bird grooms its feathers. •Rouse: when a relaxed hawk raises and shakes its feathers as a way of grooming itself. •Stoop: when a Raptor descends at high speeds, often to catch prey. •Warble: an overhead wing stretch. •Wait-on: the hawk trying to maintain pitch over the falconer. •Bind: when the Hawk or Falconer grabs and holds prey. Expressions: •Pitch: height the hawk is above ground, usually measured by feet. •Bate: when a hawk attempts to fly off the falconer's glove whilst tethered. •Tiring: a tough piece of meat pulled apart and eaten with difficulty. Falconer actions: •Hack: when a falconer leaves their hawk out to develop flying skills. •Manning: the process of training the raptor. •Slip: releasing The hawk after Quarry. •Weather: leaving their hawk to enjoy the weather, or tethering it. Psychological: •Imprinting: the psychological pairing between a newly hatched bird and it's Perceived parents. •Yarak: the state of mind in a raptor eager to hunt. Structures: •Mews: enclosure for hawks. •eyrie: a raptor nesting site Equipment: •Telemetry: a tracking device put on hawks when they're lost. Glove: a thick leather glove most known in equipment apart from perches; used to hold birds of prey on the hand, the thick leather is to make sure that sharp claws don't harm your hand. (you hold the Jesses down so the bird doesn't fly off of your hand.) •Perch: The branch or doodad thingy in which a hawk has sat on. (Doesn't count for flat surfaces?) •Cadge: temu version of a perch /j (a portable perch.) •Creance: training leash or cord. •Jesses: Leather straps attached to a raptor's feet to secure the bird. •Bells: bells attached to the jesses/anklets to make a jingling sound so that the falconer knows where they are when out of sight. ("Jesses & Bells") •Lure: a little leathery object food is tied to, used in training. •Bag: where the training equipment is stored and taken with the falconer at training and hunting times. Traps: •Bal-Chatri: A cage-like trap with live bait that catches a raptor by their little toes when they swoop down to catch the bait. •Dho Gazza: a meshy trap set up in places raptors are likely to Hunt or perch. (There are more traps but JEEZ who named these traps these names are confusing) That should be enough this is taking a long time. If you have any questions, I'll try my best to answer them.