falconers
Tiercel trainers, perhaps
Falconers are people who practice falconry—the art of training birds of prey to hunt.
The term covers anyone who keeps and trains raptors, whether hawks, eagles, or the falcons that give the practice its name.
Falconry is ancient, and falconers today range from traditional hunters to conservationists using the birds for pest control or breeding programs.
Sport using trained raptors
- huntingPursuing wild game
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- gameOrganized play or sport
- hunting partyPeople seeking game together
field meet · flight · chase · slip · stoop · kill · lure · weathering
Protective armored handwear
- gloveFitted hand covering
- jessesFalconry leg restraints
- bellsStruck metal sound-makers
- hoodAttached head covering
perch · mews · cadge · lure · telemetry · transmitter · anklets · swivel
Roaming, or a falcon
- sakerLarge Old World falcon
- merlinSmall northern falcon
- kestrelSmall falcon, aerial hoverer
- red-tailed hawkRusset-plumed American buteo
goshawk · sparrowhawk · golden eagle · hawk · eagle · haggard
Of the Middle Ages
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- sport of kingsEquine racing tradition
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
apprentice · journeyman · Kazakh · Mongolian · Emirati · heritage · tradition · conservation
Supplying workers for
- hoodingCovering the head
- batingExcluding or omitting
- copingManaging under strain
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
weight management · entering · calling off · hack · reclaiming · taming · patience · handling
hawking
Sport using trained raptors
hunting party · field meet · flight · chase · slip · stoop · kill · lure · weathering · manning
gauntlet
Protective armored handwear
hood · perch · mews · cadge · lure · telemetry · transmitter · anklets · swivel · leash
peregrine
Roaming, or a falcon
red-tailed hawk · goshawk · sparrowhawk · golden eagle · hawk · eagle · haggard
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- sport of kingsEquine racing tradition
guild · apprentice · journeyman · Kazakh · Mongolian · Emirati · heritage · tradition · conservation · license
manning
Supplying workers for
conditioning · weight management · entering · calling off · hack · reclaiming · taming · patience · handling · reward
- animal peoplecat owners, animal rescuers, animal trainers, breeders, adopters
- birdkeeperspigeon fanciers
- pastoral lifeshepherds, shepherding, herders, herding, herdsmen
- bird enthusiastsbirders, birdwatchers, ornithologists, twitchers
- commonerscommoner, commoners, peasant, peasants, common people
- Mongol EmpireGenghis Khan, Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan, Mongols, khan