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Several of the pages of this site are now available in Russian. Thanks to Natalia Grechanaya for her translations. Regulations
US Fish and Wildlife Service Title 50 CFR Part 21 (Migratory Bird Permits) http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/50cfr21_01.html
I strongly encourage all falconers to carefully print, read, and understand the following and keep copies in your mews or preparation area:
  • 21.1 Purpose of regulations
  • 21.2 Scope of regulations
  • 21.3 Definitions
  • 21.11 General permit requirements
  • 21.28 Falconry permits
  • 21.29 Federal falconry standards
  • 21.41 Depredation permits
  • 21.43 Depredation order for blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, crows and magpies

Washington State Title 232 WAC Chapter 12 (232-12 Permanent Regulations) http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=232-12
I strongly encourage all Washington state falconers to carefully print, read, and understand the following and keep copies in your mews or preparation area:
  • 232-12-001 Definition of terms
  • 232-12-004 Classification of wild birds
  • 232-12-007 Classification of wild animals
  • 232-12-011 Wildlife classified as protected shall not be hunted or fished
  • 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species
  • 232-12-064 Live wildlife
  • 232-12-067 Sale of wildlife
  • 232-12-071 Buying or selling game unlawful
  • 232-12-077 Wildlife taken by another
  • 232-12-101 Falconry and captive propagation of raptors permitted
  • 232-12-104 Falconry definitions
  • 232-12-106 Provisions for accidental take by falconers
  • 232-12-107 Falconry permit license required
  • 232-12-114 Permit required for capture of raptors
  • 232-12-117 Marking and identification of raptors required
  • 232-12-121 Reporting requirements for capture, importation, exportation, transfer, or other disposal of raptors
  • 232-12-124 Methods of capture and prohibitions in taking raptors
  • 232-12-127 Revocation, modifications or suspension of falconry permits
  • 232-12-129 Captive propagation of raptors -- Sale, records, reports and inspection
  • 232-12-227 Hunter education training program requirements
  • 232-12-242 Hunting restrictions
  • 232-12-275 Wildlife rehabilitation permits
  • 232-12-287 Possession of dead wildlife
  • 232-12-289 Official hunting hours for game birds and game animals
  • 232-12-291 Hunting before or after hours
  • 232-12-292 Bald eagle protection rules
  • 232-12-297 Endangered, threatened, and sensitive wildlife species classification
  • 232-12-800 Purpose
  • 232-12-807 Operations and procedures
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird and Eagle Permits http://www.fws.gov/permits/mbpermits/birdbasics.html

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife http://wdfw.wa.gov/

Raptor videos
Bald Eagle swimming to shore with fish http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c59_1202800919

Peregrine hatching http://www.thecouriermail.com.au/extras/frodocam/default.htm

Barred Owl attacked by small birds http://www.devilducky.com/media/52983/

Internet Bird Collection - various raptor species and videos http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=30

Southeastern Raptor Center - Flights and stooping to the lure http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/raptor_videos

The Birds of North America http://bna.birds.cornell.edu


Raptor Biology and Aviculture
Species abbreviations http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/aspeclst.htm

Species population trend maps http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm03/trend2003.html

Life Histories of North American Birds by Bent http://www.birdsbybent.com/

Avian Biotech - DNA sexing http://www.avianbiotech.com/Index.htm

Weight conversions http://online.unitconverterpro.com/mass.html

Wildlife Rehabilitation Database http://www.wpi.edu/Projects/Tufts/avian.html

Avian biology http://www.life.uiuc.edu/animalbiology/335/External_Anatomy.pdf

Project OwlNet http://www.projectowlnet.org/index.htm

Bird sleeping http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/birds/weeklyfeature/sleepingbeauties/

Plumage and moults http://www.scricciolo.com/Plumages%20and%20Molts/plumages_molts.htm

Wildlife Diseases http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220---,00.html

Parasite Image Library http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Image_Library.htm

Long-Billed Hawk Syndrome (three-quarters of the way down the page) http://www.usaref.org/news_update.htm

Oklahoma State University Parasite Images http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/~users/jcfox/htdocs/clinpara/Index.htm

Parasites of Raptors by Neil Forbes FRCVS http://www.falconers.com/articles/vets_corner/index_files/page0001.htm

Avian Drugs and Dosages http://www.zcog.org/zcog%20frames/Avian%20Drugs/Avian%20Drugs.htm

Practical Emergency Care of Birds http://www.vetsoftware.com/acvc2002-hess1.htm

Crop Needle Use http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/features_cropneedle.mgi

Crop Needle Technique http://www.birdhealth.com.au/bird/er/erformula.html

Biosafety of Disinfectants http://www.netpets.com/birds/healthspa/biosafety.html

FLAP - Fatal Light Awareness Program http://www.flap.org/new/nocturnfr.htm

BaywingDB - Harris Hawk database http://home.comcast.net/~baywingdb/baywinghome.htm


Falconry in the News
Red-Tail attacks bystander - nesting birds can be dangerous http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/04/03/hawk.fenway.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Bald Eagles rehabilitated after diving into truck http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&vid=415bc805-4bbc-4e7d-a545-135f2acd495e

Field & Stream: Hunting with Hawks http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/hunting/photogallery/article/0,13355,1537023,00.html

Falconers trap wounded bird after weeks of attempts - Wounded hawk caught, treated http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-hawk-raug04,0,6070690.story
Hawk Wanders Golf Course With Arrow In Leg - Shooting Red-Tailed Hawk Is Federal Crime http://www.nbc10.com/news/9595455/detail.html

Aggressive merlin also a bit of a bully http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006608180392

The Eagle Hunters http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200501/the.eagle.hunters.htm

The Colbert Report - Stephen Colbert points out one of many flaws in Alan Parrot's claims that falconry is funding terrorism in the Middle East http://www.comedycentral.com/partners/blinkx/playvideo.jhtml?itemid=59706

Indianapolis Star Falcon Blog http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/

A Boy and his Hawk http://wvgazette.com/section/Woods%20&%20Waters/2005102223

Red-Tailed Hawk vs Rattlesnake http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=dcfae757-e49a-40b0-a27d-067acb2c3570&f=email

Peregrine vs Osprey http://www.raptorresource.org/anyboard9/forum/posts/10032.html#10032

Osprey Migration http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Resources/osprey/migration.htm

TV Tower Wires Kill 400 Birds in One Night http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_re_us/bird_kill

Woodland Park Zoo's 11-year-old falcon missing - again http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002492436_webmissingfalcon13.html

Stork pays visit to high-rise hawks - Pale Male and Lola start new family in rebuilt roost http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7195688

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Pursuits of Power: Falconry and the Samurai, 1600-1900 http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/pursuits-of-power.html

Discovery Channel - Pompeii Neighbor sics Falcons on Pigeons http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050131/falcon.html

Nature Photographers - Peregrine Encounter (great photographs of a Peregrine taking a wading bird) http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0205/bs0205-1.html

BBC - Calls over birds of prey killings http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4231131.stm

Animal Planet - Spy on the Wild Golden Eagle camera http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html

Skagit Valley Herald - Avian ailment worries experts http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com/articles/2005/01/16/news/news01.txt

Arizona Daily Star - Goal is to stem bird deaths on electrified roosts - A Harris' hawk risks being zapped on a pole. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/wildlife/20504.php

Arizona Daily Star - Raptors in free flight star at Desert Museum http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/accent/57429.php

The New York Times - a lesser-known NYC Red-Tail rescued - surely would have been among the unlucky majority of wild raptors http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/nyregion/22hawk.html?ex=1104731868&ei=1&en=9ed37824a39efecf

Barton County Community College covers their own Biology professor who is also a falconer http://www.barton.cc.ks.us/hilltopics/featurestories/sportofkings04.htm

Duluth News Tribune - Hunters and hawks cooperate in the centuries-old sport of falconry http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/sports/outdoors/10701715.htm

Duluth News Tribune covers a lost falcon returned to her owner - an excellent example of a captive reared Peregrine that was successfully surviving in the wild despite being an imprint http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/9912771.htm

The News Journal - The Return of Falconry http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/sports/2004/12/16thereturnoffalc.html

Star-Telegram photo-essay covering falconry http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/10289171.htm?1c
http://www.star-telegram.com/mld/interactivemedia/InSight/falconry/falconry.html

Sacramento Bee coverage of the CHC meet http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8191121p-9122384c.html

Daily Update - Rapture for a Raptor http://63.192.157.117/Current/News/99/03/daily031199.html

LA Times http://latimes.com/falcon

The Detroit News - Falconers Bond with their Birds http://www.detnews.com/2003/livingston/0308/18/d05l-244616.htm

National Geographic - Falconry Used to Secure North American Airports http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0325_030325_falconry.html

Popular Mechanics - Let Us Prey http://popularmechanics.com/outdoors/outdoors/2003/8/let_us_prey/index.phtml

Middletown Press - Falconry Faces Obstacles in State http://www.middletownpress.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=10856&newsid=12566940

PBS - A Falconer's Memoir http://www.pbs.org/falconer/falconry/index.htm

Christian Science Monitor - Flying with Falcons http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1223/p22s02-hfks.html

Falconry - The Real Sport of Kings http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20011126/falconry.shtml

Wisconsin Natural Resources - Talon Show http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/1997/feb97/hawks.htm

Boston.Com - A Bird in the Hand http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/06/20/a_bird_in_hand?mode=PF

Forbes - Billionaires on Vacation http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/19/0919feat_print.html


Other Sites
Falconry Meet in the Czech Republic - excellent photos of a variety of birds http://www.oook.cz/events/opocno06/index.html

e-Training for Dogs - Dog training courses http://www.e-trainingfordogs.com/

Merlin Falconry http://www.merlinfalconry.com/index.htm

International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council - IWRC http://www.iwrc-online.org/

Falconers Yellow Pages http://www.falconersyellowpages.com

Matthew Mullenix' blog http://matthewmullenix.blogspot.com/

Stephen Bodio's blog http://www.stephenbodio.com/

Hawk House Art http://www.hawkhouseart.com

Eagle Falconer http://www.eaglefalconer.com

Borch's Falconry - Falconry in Denmark http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc12787/homeeng.html

Falconer in Denmark http://www.falconer.dk/

Microhawking - Sparrowhawk hunting blog http://wakayamatakagari.blogspot.com/

Hunting with Harris Hawks in the UK http://harris-hawks.t83.net/

Online Falconry http://www.onlinefalconry.com/summernewsletter.htm

Falconry Canada - Roy Priest http://www.falconry.ca/

West Coast Falconry Academy http://www.westcoastfalconry.com/

The Falconry and Raptor Education Foundation http://www.falconryacademy.com/

Falconry Links http://www.FalconryLinks.com

HuntingNet http://www.huntingnet.com

Owl Pages http://www.owlpages.com

Zyra's Falconry Links http://www.zyra.org.uk/falconry.htm

Exmoor Falconry http://www.exmoorfalconry.co.uk/

The Falconry Centre http://www.falconrycentre.com/

Accipiter Enterprises http://www.birdsofprey.net/

MyBirds.ru - Russian raptor site http://mybirds.ru/groups/hish/




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