Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to Falconry

    • Welcome!

    • How old do you need to be to become an apprentice falconer?

    • Becoming a Falconer

    • Quiz 1

    • Steps to becoming an Apprentice

    • Stuff To Do

    • Falconry Lifestyle

    • Common Questions

    • What you need for trapping

    • Sources

    • Class Recording 1
  • 2

    History of Falconry

    • History of Falconry 1

    • History of Falconry 2

    • The Beginning of Falconry

    • Timeline

    • Famous Falconers
  • 3

    Types of Birds

    • Overview

    • Hawks

    • Swainson's Hawk

    • Red-Shouldered Hawk

    • Red-Tail Hawk

    • Ferruginous Hawk

    • Accipiters

    • Sharp-Shinned Hawk

    • Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    • Cooper's Hawk

    • Goshawk

    • Eagles

    • Golden Eagle

    • Golden Eagle learning to Soar

    • Falcons

    • American Kestrel

    • Eurasian Kestrel

    • Merlin

    • Aplomado

    • Prairie Falcon

    • Peregrine Falcon

    • Saker

    • Gyrfalcon

    • Lanner Falcon

    • Other Birds

    • Harris Hawk

    • Eurasian Eagle Owl

    • Great Horned Owl

    • Osprey

    • Types of Birds Quiz
  • 4

    Biology, Ecology, and Behavior

    • Ecology and Behavior Vocabulary

    • Alula

    • Beak

    • Blood Feathers

    • Cere

    • Choanal Slit

    • Cloaca

    • Commissure

    • Coverts

    • Crines

    • Crop

    • Crural

    • Deck

    • Ear

    • Fret Marks

    • Gape

    • Glottis

    • Hallux

    • Keel

    • Mail

    • Malar Stripe

    • Mandible

    • Nare

    • Nictitating membrane

    • Pannel

    • Patagial

    • Pendant Feathers

    • Preen Gland

    • Primaries

    • Principals

    • Pygostyle

    • Rectrices

    • Remiges

    • Sarcel

    • Secondaries

    • Superciliary Line

    • Supraorbital ridge

    • Talon

    • Tarsus

    • Tomial tooth

    • Trachea

    • Train

    • Vent

    • Wing butts
  • 5

    Equipment

    • Aba

    • Anklets

    • Jesses

    • Jess Extender

    • Traps

    • Band

    • Bells

    • Perches

    • Chaps

    • Creance

    • Gauntlet

    • Halsband

    • Hoods

    • Leashes

    • Lures

    • Mangalah

    • Mews

    • Scale

    • Swivel

    • Tail Guards

    • Telemetry

    • Varvel

    • ID tag

    • To Do
  • 6

    Trapping

    • Trapping intro

    • Bal-Chatri

    • Trapping a Red Tail Hawk

    • Dho Gazza

    • Dho Gazza 2

    • Dho Gazza net used to trap a prairie falcon: Watch how quickly the prairie falcon comes in. The net comes off the corners of the poles and the drag line slowly brings the falcon to a stop.

    • Prairie Falcon moments after being caught

    • Phi Trap

    • Harness Trap

    • Bow Nets
  • 7

    Training

    • Philosophy

    • Training

    • Reinforcement

    • Schedules

    • Punishment

    • Shaping

    • Basics Intro

    • Conditioned Reinforcer

    • Jump-ups

    • Closing

    • Games Intro

    • Jump Ups

    • Corkscrews

    • Look Away

    • Look Around

    • Tidbit Hunts

    • Move Up

    • Restrained Pursuits

    • Yo-Yo

    • Circles

    • Combinations and Complex Actions

    • Vocabulary
  • 8

    Hunting

    • Planning a bird's first hunt

    • Example falcon hunting sage grouse

    • A Lanner Falcon in the Field

    • Example Goshawk catching duck off the fist

    • (Film Clip) Example Goshawk catching phaesant off the fist

    • (Film Clip) Example pack of harris's hawks

    • (Film Clip) Soar Hawking: Training an African black eagle (Verreaux's eagle) to soar. This is the first step in getting an eagle or a haw to hunt from a soar.
  • 9

    Health

    • Introduction to Health

    • Overall Condition

    • External

    • Respiratory

    • Mouth

    • Feet

    • Talons

    • Mutes

    • Castings

    • Bathpans

    • Disinfectants and Cleaning

    • Parasites

    • Recovery

    • Proper Foot Maintenance

    • Electrocution care

    • To-Do: Vets
  • 10

    Nutrition

    • Introduction to Nutrition

    • Rangle

    • Pigeon, Duck, and Quail

    • Chicken and Turkey Necks

    • Rabbit

    • Pheasant

    • Poultry Organ Meat

    • Beef Heart

    • Day Old Chicks (DOCs)

    • Squirrel

    • Mice, Rats, and Sparrows

    • Insects and Fish

    • Other

    • Water

    • Supplements
  • 11

    Diseases

    • Intro to Diseases

    • Apoplexy

    • Aspergillosis

    • Avian Influenza

    • Blackhead

    • Blockage

    • Bumblefoot

    • Candidiasis

    • Capillaria

    • Chlamydiosis or Avian Chlamydia

    • Coccidiosis

    • Coryza

    • Cramp

    • Dehydration

    • Escherichia Coli or E. coli

    • Fluke or flat worms (Trematodes)

    • Fowl Cholera or Avian Cholera

    • French Moult

    • Frostbite

    • Frounce (or Avian Trichomoniasis)

    • Gapeworms

    • Gout

    • Haemoproteus

    • Herpes or Avian Herpes

    • Impaction

    • Lead poisoning

    • Leucocytozoonosis

    • Louse or Lice

    • Maggots

    • Malaria specifically Avian Malaria

    • Metabolic Bone Disease MBD

    • Newcastle Disease

    • Parasites

    • Pneumonia

    • Poisoning

    • Poultry Ticks Argasidae or soft ticks

    • Pox (also called Avian Pox)

    • Rickets

    • Round worms or Ascarids

    • Seizures

    • Sinusitis

    • Sour crop (also known as Crop Stasis)

    • Stargazing (sometimes called Twirling or Ataxia)

    • Tapeworms

    • Torticollis (sometimes called Wry Neck)

    • Tuberculosis

    • Uropygial Gland Infection

    • West Nile Virus

    • Wingtip Edema

    • Note

    • Vocabulary
  • 12

    Laws and Regulations

    • How to become an apprentice falconer in Utah

    • Welcome from Utah Falconers Association

    • Acquisition Form

    • Calendar

    • R657-20-1. Purpose and Authority.

    • R657-20-2. Definitions.

    • R657-20-3. Minimum Age Requirement.

    • R657-20-4. Falconry COR, Permits, and Licenses.

    • R657-20-5. Application for a Falconry COR.

    • R657-20-6. Care and Facilities Requirements.

    • R657-20-7. Temporary Care of Falconry Raptors.

    • R657-20-8. Equipment.

    • R657-20-9. Apprentice Class Falconer

    • R657-20-10. Apprentice Class Sponsor

    • R657-20-11. General Class Falconer.

    • R657-20-12. Master Class Falconer.

    • R657-20-13. Acquiring Raptors for Falconry

    • R657-20-14. Raptors Injured Due to Falconer Trapping Efforts.

    • R657-20-15. Recapture of Falconry Raptors.

    • R657-20-16. Flying a Hybrid Raptor in Falconry.

    • R657-20-17. Hacking of Falconry Raptors and other Training Techniques.

    • R657-20-18. Permission to Conduct Falconry Activities on Public or Private lands.

    • R657-20-19. Practicing Falconry in the Vicinity of a Federally Listed Threatened or Endangered Animal Species.

    • R657-20-20. Releasing a Falconry Raptor to the Wild.

    • R657-20-21. Reporting Requirements

    • R657-20-22. Unintentional Take of Protected Wildlife by a Falconry Raptor.

    • R657-20-23. Banding or Tagging Raptors Used in Falconry

    • R657-20-24. Importation Requirements for Residents and Nonresidents.

    • R657-20-25. Falconry Meets or Trials.

    • R657-20-26. Use of Pen-Reared Game Birds for Meets, Trials and Training.

    • R657-20-27. Use of Feathers and Carcasses.

    • R657-20-28. Other Uses of Raptors.

    • Forms

    • Utah Falconers

    • Link to book on how to trap birds of prey
  • 13

    Live Class Recordings

    • Live Class Dec 19, 2018

    • Live Class Jan 9, 2018

    • Live Class Jan 16, 2018

    • Live Class Jan 23, 2018

    • Live Class Jan 30, 2018

    • Live Class Feb 6, 2018

    • Live Class Feb 20, 2018

    • Live Class Feb 27, 2018

    • Live Class March 6, 2018

    • Live Class March 13, 2018

    • Live Class March 20, 2018

    • Live Class March 27, 2018

    • Falconry On Line Class April 11, 2018

    • Live On Line Class April 17, 2018

    • Falconry On Line Class April 24 2018