Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 60 - Fish and Wildlife › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 7 - RI Falconry Regulations for the Season › Section 250-RICR-60-00-7.7 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Anklet(s)" means the leather strap which goes around the
					 bird's leg. The jesses are attached to this. Sometimes also called a
					 bracelet.
"Bal-chatri trap" means a hemispherical cage on which many
					 nooses are tied and which is baited with a bird or mammal and placed in view of
					 a wild raptor.
"Bow net trap" means a circular hoop hinged in the middle
					 and covered with netting which is usually attached to the ground so one side
					 can swing freely.
"Captive bred" means raptors (including eggs) raised in
					 captivity and which are imprinted to humans.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental
					 Management.
"Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island
					 Department of Environmental Management, or his/her duly authorized agent or
					 agents.
" Dho-gazza trap" means a square or rectangular net of
					 various dimensions suspended vertically next to a bait.
"Eyass" means a young raptor not yet capable of
					 flight.
"Falconer" means a person who engages in the sport of
					 falconry.
"Falconry" means the sport of taking, or attempting to take
					 wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained raptor and
					 includes all associated acts including, but not limited to the act(s) of
					 capturing, transporting, training, housing, caring for and maintaining (a)
					 raptor(s) held for falconry. It shall also include the secondary practice of
					 using a raptor for conducting conservation and education programs for the
					 general public.
"Falconry license" means issued by the Director in
					 recognition of an individual's attainment of a "Class" of falconer, and
					 therefore the privilege to take, possess, train, care for, maintain, and/or
					 transport certain eagles, hawks, owls, and/or falcons, and hybrids thereof, for
					 falconry purposes.
"Falconry special purpose permit" means issued by the
					 Director to allow a licensed falconer to take certain hawks, owls, and/or
					 falcons from the wild.
"Hacking" means the temporary release of a raptor held for
					 falconry to the wild so that it must survive on its own.
"Harness trap" means a light leather or cloth saddle
					 covered with nooses which is placed on tethered bait.
"Hood" means the leather head covering used on hawks and
					 falcons.
"Hybrid" means any bird that results from a cross of
					 genetic material between two (2) separate taxa when one (1) or both are
					 included in the list of migratory birds in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of
					 1918, 16 U.S.C. §§
											703 -
					 712, as amended, and any progeny
					 of those birds.
"Imping" means the process of grafting new feathers onto
					 the wing or tail of a bird to repair damage or to increase flying
					 capacity.
"Import" means to bring a raptor into the State and house
					 for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year (need not be
					 consecutive).
"Imprint" means a bird that is hand-raised in isolation
					 from the sight of other raptors from two (2) weeks of age until it has fledged.
					 An imprinted bird is considered to be so for its entire lifetime.
"Indigenous" means those species occurring naturally,
					 either presently or historically within the boundaries of the State of Rhode
					 Island.
"Jesses" means leather strips which go through the anklets
					 so the falconer can hold the bird or attach the leash.
"Leash" means attaches the bird to the perch or falconer's
					 glove.
"Lure" means a fake quarry used to train a bird.
"Mews and weathering facilities" means for housing raptors.
					 Mews are indoor facilities; a weathering facility would be outdoors.
"Pigeon harness" means a rig which fits snugly around a
					 live bird allowing for complete freedom of movement including flight or total
					 immobilization.
"Possess/possession" means the exercise of dominion or
					 control over a raptor starting when the decision is made not to immediately
					 return the raptor to the immediate vicinity from which it was taken, and
					 lasting up until the raptor's ultimate disposition. The short-term handling,
					 such as letting another hold or practice flying a raptor possessed by a
					 licensed falconer is not considered "possession" if the falconer is present and
					 the person is under the falconer's supervision.
"Raptor" means a live migratory bird of the order
					 Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Accipitriformes, or listed in in the Migratory
					 Bird Treaty Act of 1918, 16
					 U.S.C. §§
											703 -
					 712, as amended. This includes the
					 Bald Eagle (
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
), the Golden Eagle
					 (
Aquila chrysaetos
), and the Osprey (
Pandion
					 haliaetus
).
"Swedish goshawk trap" means a humane, predator-safe,
					 stationary box trap.
"Take" means to trap or capture, or attempt to trap or
					 capture.
"Wild" means any raptor taken from the wild at any stage of
					 its life. Once a raptor is taken from the wild it shall always be considered
					 "wild" and treated accordingly.