Falconry Study Guide Questions with All Correct Answers
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Falconry Study Guide Questions with All Correct Answers
which of these birds lacks highly distinctive '' immature'' plumage during its first year...
a. goshawk.
b. red-tailed hawk.
c. peregrine
d. American kestrel - Answer- b. red-tailed hawk
a young prairie are migratory throughout the...
Falconry Study Guide Questions
with All Correct Answers
which of these birds lacks highly distinctive '' immature'' plumage during its first year...
a. goshawk.
b. red-tailed hawk.
c. peregrine
d. American kestrel - Answer- b. red-tailed hawk
a young prairie are migratory throughout their breeding range - Answer- false
the incubation period for peregrine eggs...
a. twenty one days
b. twenty four days
c. thirty two days
d.forty four days. - Answer- c. thirty-two days
of one hundred red tailed hawks born in given year, how many are alive after five
years...
a. twenty-six
b. fifteen.
c. ten
d. five - Answer- c. ten
casting contain bones of prey. or the entire skull...
a. longwings
b. accipter
c. buteo.
d.owl - Answer- d. owl
Wild red-tailed hawks seem to prefer to hunt...
A) from a soar over flat prairies
B) in deep woods
C) sitting on light poles by the freeway
D) none of the above - Answer- C) sitting on light poles by the freeway
red tailed hawk eyass generally leaves the nest for the area for the first time at six
weeks. - Answer- true.
the sex of the red tailed hawk can determined in most cases by...
a. weight
b. eye color
,c. coloration of plumage
d. none of the above - Answer- a. weight
True or False: there is a size sexual dimorphism in the red tailed hawk... - Answer- true
proportionally, the largest foot size is found the...
a. the red tailed hawk
b. kestrel
c. sharp shinned hawk
d. golden eagle - Answer- c. sharp-shinned hawk
to exercise a red tail...
a. block it out in place where it will bate continuously , taking care to insure the leash
has shock absorption to mitigate leg breakage.
b. stoop it to the lure repeatedly
c. accustom it to jumping vertically fifty to two hundred times for randomly rewarded
tidbits.
d. take it to the field and fly it
e. c and d - Answer- d. take it to the field and fly it
the advantages of the red tailed hawk for apprentice's first hawk is...
a. the species is more robust than a kestrel
b. it provides an excellent introduction to more specialized ground oriented hunting
raptors
c. if sized for red tailed, facilities and equipment will fit most other raptors
d. if flown at the correct weight, the red tailed hawk is nearly loss proof while hunting.
e. all of the above - Answer- a. the species is more robust than a kestrel
the one hawk which seems to be most affectedly by heat and become more difficult to
fly...
a. red-tailed hawk
b. goshawk
c. Kestral - Answer- b. goshawk
the falconer generally prefers that a longwings strike the lure...a. from a steep dive flying
with wind (downwind)
b. from a steep dive flying with wind (upwind)
c. on a low raking approach downwind
d. on a low approach upwind - Answer- a. a steep dive flying with wind (downwind)
characteristic of a kestrel that can become a vice when it is trained is...
a. soaring
b. warbing
c. bowsing
d. carrying - Answer- d. carrying
, you lure fly an eyass female prairie falcon and she strikes the lure firmly on her first
stoop of the day you should...
a. continue swinging the lure and ignore the hit
b. give her the lure and feed her the reward
c. give her the lure but withhold the reward
d. none of the above - Answer- b. give her the lure and feed her the reward
which of the following traditional falconry equipment is recommended for use with a
kestrel.
a. bells
b. hood
c. Aylmer jesses
d and c but not b - Answer- c. Aylmer jesses
the easiest small falconry bird to keep heathy is a passage...
a. sharp shinned hawk
b. merin
c. kestrel
d. praire falcon - Answer- c. kestrel
True or False: generally a kestrel should be fed once a day - Answer- false, twice a day.
your hawk develops small corn on the bottom of the foot. it then progresses to a small,
localized swelling. the swelling feels warm to the touch and appears red. the condition
becomes extremely painful for the hawk, who begins to lie down frequently to take the
pressure off the ball of the foot. the best diagnosis is..
a.frounce
b. myiasis
c. bumblefoot
d. apoplexy - Answer- c. bumblefoot
a young prairie falcon will leave its eyrie approximately...
A) five to six weeks
B) eight to nine weeks
C) twelve to thirteen weeks
D) sixteen to nineteen weeks - Answer- A) five to six weeks
the chief danger of transporting a hawk in a sock is overheating due to respiratory
distress - Answer- true
the foot swelling in longwings is often linked to...
a. high humidity
b. using perches of poor design
c. direct wind in cold weather
d. a diet of lean beef and/ or generally poor husbandry - Answer- d. a diet of lean beef
and/ or generally poor husbandry
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