- The
traditional term for a male
falcon is
tercel (British spelling) or
tiercel (American spelling), from the
Latin tertius (third)
because of the belief...
- The name "Tercel" was
derived from the
Latin word for "one third", with "
tiercel"
referring to a male
falcon which is one-third
smaller than its female...
- creamy-white down and have
disproportionately large feet. The male (called the "
tiercel") and the
female (simply
called the "falcon") both
leave the nest to gather...
-
referred to a
female hawk. A male hawk or
falcon was
referred to as a "
tiercel" (sometimes
spelled "tercel"), as it was
roughly one-third less than the...
- Emu
chick hatchling — — mob — F
Falcon ey****/eyas
falcon tercel terzel tiercel cast
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business busyness musteline Finch chick...
- only rise to be Kay's
squire because he is of
common birth.
Chasing a
tiercel goshawk that Kay had let get away
during their falconry practice, Wart...
- even the
smaller tiercel (male) can
carry long
distances back to the nest. Most prey is thus 30% or less of the
weight of the
tiercel,
which is a common...
-
approximately two
thirds of the
weight of a female;
falconers call male
peregrines tiercels,
derived from the
Latin word for "third".
Hawks were
captured all over...
-
Conall meets with
Tiercel again, but an
argument between teacher and
pupil results in
tragedy when an
angry Conall shoves Tiercel down a
flight of stairs...
- Hall
tower is home to a
peregrine falcon named Clara, and her
current tiercel,
named "Esteban Colbert"
after Stephen Colbert, of whom
Mayor Chuck Reed...
