Falconry questions in section 2.1 - 4.4

2.1 The most important factor in maintaining a healthy raptor of any species is...

2.1 When a hawk mutes or slices, which of the following is correct?

2.1 A small greenish mute from a hawk that seems otherwise healthy indicates...

2.1 True or false. The mews must be thoroughly cleaned every weekend.

2.1 If a raptor is to be released to fly in the mews (also called "free-lofting"), the windows should be protected with...

2.1 True or false. Minor primary feather or tail damage during hunting should be repaired before the next hunt.

2.2 Before putting your hawk out of weather on its perch, you should...

2.2 The mist net is also known as...

2.2 True or false. When making their own hoods, most North American falconers prefer the Anglo-Indian to the Dutch pattern.

2.2 True or false. The goshawk needs longer field jesses than does the longwing.

2.2 In the field, it is important to have the following falconry equipment:

2.2 A telemetry signal is likely to be strongest when the antenna is held...

2.2 A traditional instrument used to stop a hawk from bating was the...

2.3 Aspergillosis is frequently seen in...

2.3 A raptor disease caused by eating infected pigeons is...

2.3 The preferred treatment for an early, mild case (i.e. Foul breath, failure to but the crop over, or slight dullness) of sour crop is..

2.3 The hawk most susceptible to apoplectic fits is the...

2.3 Which is most dangerous to the health of a hunting kestrel?

3.1 True or false. Some falconers prefer to man newly-caught red-tails outdoors to avoid overheating.

3.1 The major advantage of taking or capturing a passager is:

3.1 The minimum amount of time the falconer should spend per day manning a newly trapped passage hawk is...

3.1 True or false. Eyass hawks are generally easier to hood than passage hawks.

3.1 Hacking is a process whereby...

3.1 One method of breaking a hawk of the bad habit of snatching food from the fist and bating is to...

3.1 True or false. Generally, it is a good idea to gorge your hawk on its first ten kills.

3.1 Your passage male red-tail is mobbed by ravens on his first hunting release. He flies into a tall tree and refuses to come to you. You should...

3.1 During a late afternoon hunt, your red-tailed hawk takes a field rat and carries it high into a heavily foliaged oak tree and begins to consume the prey. You should...

3.1 In buteos, parabuteos, and accipiters, moulting of the primary wing feathers..

3.1 True or false. During the moult, red-tails revert to the wild state.

3.1 True or false. You are asked by the local rehabilitation service to recondition a red-tail for release to the wild. You are a second-year apprentice. You are permitted to do this.

3.2 True or false. At certain points during the training process of hawks, it is necessary and beneficial to use trussed-up or otherwise handicapped or incapacitated poultry, game birds, or rabbits as bagged game or baggies (also known in older literature as trains or trainees) as recommended by books of classic falconry.

3.2 True or false. It is safe to allow your red-tail to kill all the prey it attacks.

3.2 True or false. Most types of waterfowl are more difficult for a hawk to take than are upland game birds such as pheasants, partridge, and grouse.

3.2 True or false. The swiftest short-winged hawks rarely catch waterfowl in a tail chase.

3.2 You hunt cottontails with a male red-tail. They are...

3.2 True or false. Starlings are easily caught by a kestrel if it is waiting-on over them.

3.3 The medieval falconer was most likely to enseam his hawk...

Enseam means to prepare a hawk for flying by eliminating her reserves of fat. Today it sometimes refers to the feeding of washed meat to lower the hawk's condition. The medieval term referred to certain purges (e.g., rangle-small stones) given to a hawk to rid it of excess fat and mucus, thus making it more eager to fly.

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3.3 True or false. Abatement is the use of trained raptors to reduce human/wildlife conflicts.

3.3 True or false. A captive-bred raptor is the progeny of raptors of two or more distinct species listed in Title 50, CFR, Section10.13.

Partially True and therefore False. A trick question. A captive-bred raptor results form the natural mating of raptors held in captivity or through artificial insemination. The definition above is that of a "hybrid" raptor, which is certainly the result of captive-breeding. All hybrid birds are bred in captivity, but not all captive-bred hawks are hybrids.

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4.1 An apprentice must have "at least two years experience in the practice of falconry at the apprentice level" to be advanced to general. In California, this means the apprentice...

4.1 To be eligible for a California master falconer license, the applicant must...

4.1 Unlike apprentice falconers, general and master falconers in California may TAKE from the WILD...

4.1 True or false. Applications for renewal of a falconry license or written notification of non-renewal must be submitted to the Department postmarked no later than June 30th.

4.1 True or false. California falconry regulations stipulate that nestling raptors may be captured only between the dates of May 20th through July 15th.

{I don't really understand the question/answer; this is what it says in the book} "Only general or master level falconers may take nestling raptors (eyasses)."

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4.1 True or false. A falconer who captures a raptor must submit form 3-186A within 48 hours of capture. You may fill out this report just prior to mailing.

But you must submit the form with ten calendar days of the capture of the raptor.

Or this one.

4.1 Which of the following hawks have a RESTRICTED take in California.

4.1 Which of the following hawks have a restricted capture PERIOD in California?