Falconry training and technique the jesses lying on the scale can change the reading, so the falconer has to be careful to lift them up while the bird is being weighed. Above that range of weight, the bird will be unresponsive in the field, lacking in motivation to hunt or return to the falconer in timely fashion. Gauntlets or gloves are used by the falconer to turn the arm into a suitable perching surface. Falconry gloves may only cover the fist and wrist, while gauntlets for larger species extend to the elbow. An eagle glove may cover the entire arm and a portion of
Falconry Falconry Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. There are two traditional terms used to describe a person involved in falconry: a falconer flies a falcon; an austringer (German origin) flies a hawk ("Accipiter" and some buteos and similar) or an eagle ("Aquila" or similar). In modern falconry, the red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis"), the Harris's hawk ("Parabuteo unicinctus"), and the peregrine falcon ("Falco perigrinus") are some of the more commonly used birds of prey. The practice of hunting with a conditioned falconry bird is also called