Falconry Exam questions and verified answers
(detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
The beak and/or talons grow too long
Ans: A bird should be coped when...
Quiz True
Ans: T or F? Male raptors are first to return from migration, choose the nesting area, & provides most of
the food after the young have hatched
Quiz Jack
Ans: Which raptor is least likely to build its own nest?
Quiz They are nature's breeding stock and should be allowed to function as such
(Young birds of prey have more than a 70% mortality rate before they reach breeding age. The
consensus of falconers and regulators in the United States is that those birds that have survived to
adulthood should be allowed to remain in the wild as part of the breeding population.)
Ans: Haggards (adults) are not taken for falconry because...
,Quiz short wings
Ans: Hawks belonging to the genus Accipiter are also known as....
Quiz when they leave the nest
Ans: A raptor tends to reach full size . . .
Quiz None of the above are correct
Ans: Which species of raptor does not exhibit sexual dimorphism . . . Kestrel, red-tailed hawk, peregrine,
or none of the above?
Quiz Preen; raise and tuck one foot; rouse
Ans: A relaxed hawk is likely to . . .
Quiz Cere
Ans: Which of the following does not describe a portion of a raptors wing? Coverts, alula, cere, or
sceondaries.
Quiz Train
Ans: Which of the following terms does not fit with the others? Talon, train, tarsus, or hallux?
, Quiz how the raptor was raised
Ans: The terms "passage," "imprint," and "chamber" describe...
Quiz Strigiformes and Falconiformes
Ans: All "raptors" includes species of the order or orders...
Quiz just prior to egg laying -- Once the eggs are laid, most raptors, though not all, are likely to stick with
their clutch, despite disturbances.
Ans: Desertion of the nest by adult raptors is most likely to occur...
Quiz True. -- This tendency has been used by raptor propagators to maximize the progeny of breeding
pairs. The system is called "double clutching." Caution: some raptors, if disturbed on eggs in the wild,
will abandon their nests and close down their reproductive systems for the season.
Ans: True or false: If the first clutch of eggs is destroyed soon after being laid, many hawks and falcons
will lay a second clutch.
Quiz June -- A brancher is a young hawk that has left the nest or eyrie, but has not left the immediate
vicinity. In New York, a falconer will most likely encounter a brancher of the species of hawks or falcons
used in falconry in June. Great Horned Owls typically breed in January or February (depending on
geographical location), so branchers of this species would be encountered earlier than June (February or
March).
Ans: A falconer is most likely to encounter a "brancher" of a species of hawk or falcon in...
(detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025 TESTS!!
The beak and/or talons grow too long
Ans: A bird should be coped when...
Quiz True
Ans: T or F? Male raptors are first to return from migration, choose the nesting area, & provides most of
the food after the young have hatched
Quiz Jack
Ans: Which raptor is least likely to build its own nest?
Quiz They are nature's breeding stock and should be allowed to function as such
(Young birds of prey have more than a 70% mortality rate before they reach breeding age. The
consensus of falconers and regulators in the United States is that those birds that have survived to
adulthood should be allowed to remain in the wild as part of the breeding population.)
Ans: Haggards (adults) are not taken for falconry because...
,Quiz short wings
Ans: Hawks belonging to the genus Accipiter are also known as....
Quiz when they leave the nest
Ans: A raptor tends to reach full size . . .
Quiz None of the above are correct
Ans: Which species of raptor does not exhibit sexual dimorphism . . . Kestrel, red-tailed hawk, peregrine,
or none of the above?
Quiz Preen; raise and tuck one foot; rouse
Ans: A relaxed hawk is likely to . . .
Quiz Cere
Ans: Which of the following does not describe a portion of a raptors wing? Coverts, alula, cere, or
sceondaries.
Quiz Train
Ans: Which of the following terms does not fit with the others? Talon, train, tarsus, or hallux?
, Quiz how the raptor was raised
Ans: The terms "passage," "imprint," and "chamber" describe...
Quiz Strigiformes and Falconiformes
Ans: All "raptors" includes species of the order or orders...
Quiz just prior to egg laying -- Once the eggs are laid, most raptors, though not all, are likely to stick with
their clutch, despite disturbances.
Ans: Desertion of the nest by adult raptors is most likely to occur...
Quiz True. -- This tendency has been used by raptor propagators to maximize the progeny of breeding
pairs. The system is called "double clutching." Caution: some raptors, if disturbed on eggs in the wild,
will abandon their nests and close down their reproductive systems for the season.
Ans: True or false: If the first clutch of eggs is destroyed soon after being laid, many hawks and falcons
will lay a second clutch.
Quiz June -- A brancher is a young hawk that has left the nest or eyrie, but has not left the immediate
vicinity. In New York, a falconer will most likely encounter a brancher of the species of hawks or falcons
used in falconry in June. Great Horned Owls typically breed in January or February (depending on
geographical location), so branchers of this species would be encountered earlier than June (February or
March).
Ans: A falconer is most likely to encounter a "brancher" of a species of hawk or falcon in...
