§ 147.101. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Facilities—Equipment and shelters necessary to protect and train raptors.

   Falconry—The sport of hunting with trained raptors—including the training of raptors.

   Nestlings or eyases—Young raptors not yet capable of flight.

   Passage birds—Raptors in their first year of life.

   Raptors—Live migratory birds of the order Falconiformes or the order Strigiformes other than the Bald Eagle—Haliaeetus leucocephalus—or the Golden Eagle—Aquila chrysaetos, wherever its place of origin, whether or not raised in captivity or a hybrid of those species.

   Sponsor—The holder of a general or master falconry permit who has accepted the responsibility for the conduct and training of an apprentice falconer.

   Take—In addition to the definition in section 102 of the act (relating to definitions), the term also includes the purchase or acquisition of a raptor for the purpose of falconry.

   Transfer—The term includes barter, sale, purchase, loan or gift, of a raptor excluding the temporary holding as provided in this subchapter.

   The provisions of this §  147.101 adopted June 19, 1987, effective July 1, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 2464; amended March 10, 1989, effective March 11, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 1020. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (118752).