Utah Falconry Exam Questions with Answers.pdf

Utah Falconry Exam Questions with Answers




Utah Falconry Exam Questions with Answers
Question 1
Bind

Correct Answer
To grab quarry (or a lure or a falconer's hand) and hold it



Question 2
Brancher
Correct Answer
A young hawk that is mostly feathered but not yet fully capable of flight



Question 3
Break into
Correct Answer
A tear into quarry and begin eating



Question 4
Broad wing
Correct Answer
Another term for a buteo



Question 5
Cere

Correct Answer
Smooth featherless skin just above the beak (also called the operculum)




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Question 6
Eyeass
Correct Answer
A bird taken from the next before fledgling



Question 7
Eyrie
Correct Answer
A raptor nest



Question 8
Feak
Correct Answer
Cleaning the beak by rubbing usually done after a meal



Question 9
Haggard
Correct Answer
A wild bird in her adult plumage (over 1 year old)



Question 10
Hallux
Correct Answer
Backward facing toe on most raptors, responsible for puncturing vital organs of
prey



Question 11
Longwing
Correct Answer
Another term for a falcon




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Question 12
Mantle
Correct Answer
Stretching out the wings to hide food



Question 13
Mute
Correct Answer
Raptor's excrement



Question 14
Passager
Correct Answer
A wild raptor taken in it's first year of life (before getting it's adult plumage)



Question 15
Primary feathers
Correct Answer
Most distal feathers on the wing, responsible for main forward thrust of flight



Question 16
Rouse
Correct Answer
The shaking of feathers; a sign of a relaxed and content bird



Question 17
Secondary feathers
Correct Answer
Most proximal feathers (close to the body)




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Question 18
Shortwing
Correct Answer
Another term for an accipiter



Question 19
Slice
Correct Answer
Raptor's feces ejected with force



Question 20
Supraorbital ridge
Correct Answer
The ridge just above the eye (not usually seen in immature birds)



Question 21
Tarsus
Correct Answer
The leg of a raptor



Question 22
Tiercel
Correct Answer
Technically a male peregrine falcon but also used to describe ale of any falcon
species



Question 23
Goshawks, Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-Shinned Hawks
Correct Answer
Accipiters




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