What bird of prey can you keep in oregon without a state and federal falconry license ?

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Unfortunately, none. No bird of prey may be kept in your (or anyone else's) posession who does not have a permit or license for falconry, rehabilitation, or for educational purposes.


Here some information on ATTAINING A LICENSE:
You do need a liscence to keep the falcons, and a liscense to hunt with them too. For example, if you are going to have a red-tailed hawk, and hunt rabbits with them, you will need to take a hunting course on gun safety and what not (even though you won't be using rifles), and then get a liscense for hunting small game. Then you will also need a liscense for the birds you will hunt with, and if you are breeding them, you need a liscense for that as well.

To get the liscense comes last among several steps. If you are interested in falconry, you can't just jump to the birds. You need to do some research. Here are a few books that will come in handy:

The Falconer's Apprentice
California Hawking Club Apprentice Study Guide
North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks
The American Kestrel in Modern Falconry
Falconry and Hawking
Avian Medicine
Guidelines to captive raptors

And you can get all of these books off of Falconrybooks.com

Websites that are handy:

www.apprenticefalconry.com
www.themodernapprentice.com

After studying for the state-issued, province-issued, or whatever you have where you live, exam, you need to take it. I know that in the U.S. you need a score of at least 80% to pass, and if you don't pass, then you can re-take it in 15 days.

After you pass the exam, you should find a sponsor to assist you. The sponsor will help you prepare for the inspection--yes, there is an inspection. The inspection will consist of several aspects: They will inspect your mews, weathering areas, leashes, jesses, hoods, cadges, creances, and traps, and several other items used in falconry.

After you pass the exam, and the inspection, you can begin to assist your sponsor. When trapping season begins, you can trap your first bird--it has to be a passager (meaning one year old) and of the species American Kestrel or Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Goshawk if you live in Alaska, or a Red-shouldered Hawk if you live in Florida.

You get your liscense from your local Fish and Wildlife Center; but you need a state liscense as well as a country liscense.

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Here's some information on GENERAL FALCONRY:
Some species of birds are easier tamed than others. The American or the European Kestrel,for example, are easiest tamed; a lot of books recommend not even using hoods for these small birds. Other birds, such as the ferruginous hawk or the red-tailed hawk are harder to tame because of their large stature.

When training one of these birds of prey, you first use a creance. A creance is a long cord, usually around 30 ft in length depending on the species. It is the equivilent of a large leash, I suppose. However, when you use the creance, have is fastened to something on your person--your gauntlet (your glove), your hawking bag--something--so that if the bird exceeds the length of the creance it will not fly away. The creance is used when training your bird to fly to the lure.

Many-a-bird have been lost in falconry. A falconer I recently met told me how her first kestrel was chased off by a larger cooper's hawk--it was most surely killed and eaten by this cooper's hawk. Such incidents are common in the world of falconry.

When you fly your bird, you attach a transmitter to the bird's leg or tail. This will help you if the bird is lost in tracking it down. My falconer friend demonstrated this to me.

Some books I recommend on falconry:

North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks by Webster and Beebe
California Hawking Club Apprentice Study Guide by the CHC
The Falconer's Apprentice by William Oakes
Care and Management of Captive raptors by L Arent
Avian Medicine by Jaime Samour
Falconry and Hawking by Phillip Glasier

Some websites:

www.falconrybooks.com
www.themodernapprentice.com
www.apprenticefalconry.com

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Best of luck,
Phoenix
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