Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
406 - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (406 Series, Wildlife)
2 CCR 406-6 - CHAPTER W-6 - RAPTORS
Part I - REQUIREMENTS FOR POSSESSION OF RAPTORS
Article I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 600 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. "Aylmeri Jesses" are leather (or a suitable similar material) bracelets affixed to each leg with a grommet through which a leather strap passes freely so that an escaped bird will lose the leather strap.
B. "Eyas raptor" means a young raptor not yet capable of flight.
C. "Captive-bred raptor" means any raptor born in captivity as a result of raptor propagation.
D. "Falconry" means the sport of hunting or taking quarry with a trained raptor. The term "hawking" shall be synonymous with falconry.
E. "Falconry Field Meet" means an event sponsored by a state or national organization in which falconers fly their raptors.
F. "Falconry license" means a possession of raptor license as provided for in Article 4 of Title 33.
G. "Hacking" means the temporary release of a falconry raptor to the wild so as to allow the raptor to learn to hunt and survive in the wild.
H. "Hybridization" means the breeding of raptors of different species.
I. "Imping" means the rebuilding of broken feather(s) through splicing on an undamaged section from another suitable feather.
J. "Imprinted" means a bird that is hand-raised in isolation from the sight of other raptors from two weeks of age until it has fledged. An imprinted bird is considered to be so for its entire lifetime.
K. "Mews" means a structure or room in which one or more raptors are housed.
L. "Raptor" means any bird that is a member of Falconiformes or Strigiformes and, specifically, but not by way of limitation, means falcons, hawks, owls, and eagles.
M. "Sponsor" means a Colorado master falconry license holder or a licensed Colorado falconer with at least three years experience as a general license holder who serves as a mentor to an apprentice licensee. The purpose of the sponsor is to provide adequate guidance and instruction to the apprentice concerning all aspects of the sport of falconry.
N. "Wild-Caught Raptor" means any raptor removed from the wild for falconry, regardless of how long such a bird is held in captivity or whether it is transferred to another permittee or permit type.
O. "Zoological Institution" means an institution operated and funded wholly or in part by a political subdivision of the state or of a city to display wildlife to the public.
