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  • noun Plural form of falconer.

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Examples

  • He says there are over 1000 serious falconers in Bahrain.

    Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

  • All falconers and most scientists know that eagles can take large prey -- the amazing thing is that Cat Urbigkit (at My blog Querencia) recently captured on camera what biologists that work with pronghorns know: the defense flocking of antelope in response to an eagle.

    Eagle Predation 2009

  • I've heard falconers say that a goshawk is like a loaded gun: you know it will go off but you don't know when.

    Country diary: Wenlock Edge Paul Evans 2010

  • He says there are over 1000 serious falconers in Bahrain.

    Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

  • All falconers and most scientists know that eagles can take large prey -- the amazing thing is that Cat Urbigkit (at My blog Querencia) recently captured on camera what biologists that work with pronghorns know: the defense flocking of antelope in response to an eagle.

    Eagle Predation 2009

  • All falconers and most scientists know that eagles can take large prey -- the amazing thing is that Cat Urbigkit (at My blog Querencia) recently captured on camera what biologists that work with pronghorns know: the defense flocking of antelope in response to an eagle.

    Eagle Predation 2009

  • The Fish and Wildlife Services will likely be tasked with getting the hawk out, though many area falconers have also offered their services.

    Hawk in Library of Congress Elizabeth Flock 2011

  • All falconers and most scientists know that eagles can take large prey -- the amazing thing is that Cat Urbigkit (at My blog Querencia) recently captured on camera what biologists that work with pronghorns know: the defense flocking of antelope in response to an eagle.

    Eagle Predation 2009

  • The Humane Society and a team of falconers from Charlottesville, VA, are assisting in the bird's capture.

    Hawk still stalks Library of Congress Elizabeth Flock 2011

  • And the subject of the documentary, a man named Alan Parrot, one of the world's foremost falconers living in Iran, says he's spoken to Osama bin Laden several times since 2003.

    Ahmadinejad: Osama Bin Laden Is In D.C. (VIDEO) 2010

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