falconer

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Recent Examples on the Web To become a licensed falconer in Ohio, people must first pass a written test and complete a two-year apprenticeship. Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020 Benger, a falconer for almost 12 years, is a subcontractor through the Hawk Proz, which provides falconry services throughout the western U.S.The company has a contract with the Academy Museum to fly Spencer eight times a month, twice a week on average, for up to two hours each outing. Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021 Guests can spend the morning with falconer Michael Davie and his birds of prey, have a light lunch of chef Carl Cleghorn’s signature dish of cured and poached salmon in a light cucumber, apple, and dill sauce, followed by an afternoon tea with fresh scones and cream. Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2021 Miles lifted his arm in the style of a falconer. David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for falconer 
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Noun
  • The refuge’s dunes and salt marshes are a birder’s paradise with species like bald eagles, terns, songbirds, and various waterfowl migrating in and out throughout the year.
    Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The data to build these spectrograms come from the lab’s other app, eBird, which pools bird recordings and photographs from both experienced birders from around the world, and from a large collection of recordings and photographs at Cornell’s Macaulay Library.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The archers used long bows, which required a huge amount of rotation of the spine when pulling back on the bowstring.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement This armless archer had won many medals.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • His father, a construction worker, and his mother, a hawker, had 11 children and could only afford to send Lee to school for six years.
    Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
  • After graduating from secondary school, Mackenzie worked as a street hawker in Mombasa, then drove a taxi in Malindi.
    Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falconer. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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