12a: Raptors and show birds

Question 1

What is “furniture”?

Answer 1

Bits of leather in falconry

Question 2

Which are the longwings?

Answer 2

Falcons

Question 3

Which are the shortwings?

Answer 3

Hawks and buzzards

Question 4

How do falcons often travel?

Answer 4

Hooded

Question 5

How do falcons hunt?

Answer 5

Hover and stoop

Question 6

What are falcons trained to do before flying to a lure?

Answer 6

“Wait on”

Question 7

Which kind of shooting do shortwings do?

Answer 7

ROugh shooting, often with spaniels

Question 8

What are some advantages of harris hawks?

Answer 8

Lazy, tame, get attached to owner, work in a group

Question 9

Are females or males larger?

Answer 9

Females

Question 10

Which foods are not brilliant?

Answer 10

Day old chicks or Quail

Question 11

What do shortwings eat?

Answer 11

Rabbit, pigeon, rook

Question 12

Where are falconry birds housed?

Answer 12

Mews and weathering lawn

Question 13

What is “imping”?

Answer 13

Gluing on lost feathers during the hunting season - the owners will want lost feathers

Question 14

How do you restrain and bird of prey?

Answer 14

Casting

Question 15

Where can roundworms be found in birds of prey?

Answer 15

Digestive or resp tract

Question 16

What is the PPP of roundworm?

Answer 16

6-8 weeks

Question 17

How do you prepare a pigeon to feed?

Answer 17

Freeze, remove heard and neck and crop

Question 18

How do you treat squirrel bite wounds?

Answer 18

Amoxyclav at high dose rate

Question 19

Why is bacon toxic to birds?

Answer 19

Nitrates

Question 20

Why is gravel mews better than grass?

Answer 20

Prevents Aspergillosis and Capillaria

Question 21

What are common causes of seizures in birds of prey?

Answer 21

Hypoglycaemia in Goshawk, thiamine deficiency, lead poisoning

Question 22

What may owners request a GA for?

Answer 22

Imping

Question 23

What is “coping”?

Answer 23

Filing beak or talons