falcon
a falcon
a kind of bird – bird of prey – related to the hawks — medium-sized, fast-flying, grows to 14-19 inches and weighs 500 grams to 1½ Kg.; different kinds in different colour feathers; feeds on other small birds, rodents and insects; found anywhere in the world, except on Antarctica
a falcon chasing a pigeon
female ~~ falcon
baby ~~ chick; ‘eyas’/’eyass’ (grown-up to be trained for falconry)
group ~~ cast
voice (call) ~~ {no particular name, but a rasping “kack…kack…kack…kack”}
home ~~ nest (for laying eggs and raising chicks – mostly some other bird’s nest)
a falconer training a falcon (falconry)
The ‘Gyrflacon’ is the national bird of Iceland; and is the largest of all the falcons.
The ‘peregrine falcon’ is the national bird of Angola, Africa; United Arab Emirates and Pakistan (State military bird?), Asia.
The ‘peregrine falcon’ is the fastest moving creature in the world.
People have trained falcons for hunting other birds or small animals for hundreds of years.
The hobby of training and using falcons in hunting is called ‘falconry’, and a person with this hobby is called a ‘falconer’.
as gentle as a falcon (‘gentle’, in this context = ‘of excellent breed’; ‘noble’)
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