Section 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.