N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-1001: Definitions

§ 11-1001. Definitions.

(1) "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and

Falconiformes and shall include but not be limited to falcons, hawks,

owls and eagles except the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetor) and bald

eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered or

threatened pursuant to section 11-0535 of this article. However,

properly banded peregrine falcons which are the progeny of birds

lawfully acquired prior to 1978 are raptors within the meaning of this

section. (2) "Falconry" means the sport of hunting by the use of trained

raptors and includes the training, feeding and handling of such birds

and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.