There are four (4) Data-entry forms: Falconer Registration handled by State/Territory Administrators, Species Registration handled by both State/Territory
Administrators and falconers, State Law Enforcement handled by State/Territory Administrators, and Federal Law Enforcement handled by USFWS/Falconry Administrators.
Each Data-entry form consists of four sections: 1. Data List, 2. Query form, 3. User's Actions, and 4. Data-entry form. The User's Actions bar background color is
painted with #607d8b glory style to make it stand out.
How to Manage your MFA/Account? Click Account Maintenance »
How to ADD a new record? Click "New" or "New(Fresh)" button, this opens a new space on the Data-entry form (section# 4) to accept user's input. Once all fields
are filled with data, click "Save" to save the new record.
NOTES: The "New (Fresh)" button will initialize each field on the Data-entry form when it is clicked while the "New" button retains most of the fields values
already entered for the immediate previous record. This feature saves Data-entry time. Example: some falconers share a same address, so, the user does not need to reenter a same
address multiple times.
How to EDIT an existing record? a record must be selected by clicking on the very 1st column of the Data List (section 1 on top); this will copy the value of
each field from the line that is clicked to all corresponding fields on the Data-entry form (section 4). To know if it is ready to make changes to the Data-entry form,
there is a message similar to this "You may make changes to individual fields or delete this..." apears above the Data List; scroll down to the Data-entry form,
make sure it is the record you want to edit, then make change to it, once done, click "Save" button.
How to Query Falconry Data? There is a Query Form located right below the Data List to allow you to specify one or more parameters to retrieve
data you want to view, report, and or edit/delete. Once the query form is completed, click "Run Query". The query result (if any) will be hosted
on the Table located on the Data List. You do not need to fill out every query parameter, the more parameters you complete, the smaller the size of the dataset
returned to the Data List.
How to REPORT what you see on the Data List? First, make sure you "Save" your changes, then click "Report", wait for a second or 2,
then observe the top right corner of the Browser screen, there is a small Dialog waiting for you to intruct the Browser where to download the report to your
device/computer. If you want to store the report (file) to a specific location, then click "Save as", otherwise, click "Open" from the Dialog,
name the file or accept the default name and cick "Save". Finally, click "Open file" on the Browser little Dialog to view the report when the download is finished. The report only downloads data returned by your query form or by the "Refresh" [read all records]
and writes to Office/Excel file [your computer must have Office/Excel software to open the file].
How do I PRINT one or many 3-186A forms from a completed query?
A. Print 1 form at a time: Click on the line (individual form) you wish to print from the drop-down-list box, wait until the 'View' form shows the entire data record you selected, then scroll down and click "Open/Download/Print Selected Record".
B. Print multiple different forms: After you click the "Find" button and the query results are returned, scroll down, click "Open/Download/Print All" button. Do not select records from the drop-down-list box.
For Falconers: may register their birds by clicking the "New/New (Fresh)" button, once the form is saved, to make change to all 3-186A data
falconers must contact their State/Territory Administrators. Beside inputting Species data, falconers may request to change their Profile by submitting a
request via "Report a Move & Other changes" from the home page. Falconers may also request their State/Territory Administrators to enter 3-186A
data on their behalf.
How to query Data?: For State/Territory Administrators, click on "Manage Falconers" button from the Home Page; select a Falconer's Profile
from the Data List, then click "Manage 3-186A" button. For Falconers, click "Manage my own 3-186A" button from the Home page. For State Law Enforcement,
use section "D" from the Home page, for Federal Law Enforcement, use section "E" from the Home page.
Access Roles: Falconers may register their species via 3-186A Data-entry form; falconers may only query and view their own registered
species. State/Territory Administrators: register state falconers' profiles; register falconers' species if requested; and view/edit/remove registered falconers and their registered species.
State/Territory Administrators may alter, query and view falconry data on their home state only. State Law Enforcement Agents: may query their own state falconry
data only. Federal Law Enforcement may query falconry data across the USA.
Acronym descriptions:
Auth. Code/FEDID: Authorized Code or FEDID (legacy ID), assigned 1 time to activate new account
OAC: Owner Access Code
OST: Owner State Code
RCF: Record Control Flag [Internal use only]
ST: State Code
TID: Transaction ID numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 where:
1: Transferred a bird to another permittee (or to another permit you hold) (1, 2, 3, 6)
2: Released a bird or lost a bird due to its escape, theft, or death (1, 2, 6)
3: Acquired bird from another permittee, other than a rehabilitator, (1, 2, 3, 6)
4: Acquired bird from a rehabilitation permittee (1, 2, 3, 6)
5: Captured a bird from the wild or recaptured a previously captive (banded) bird (1, 3, 4, 6)
6: Re-banded a bird, either wild or captive-bred, for which the band was lost or removed (1, 2, 5, 6)
How to view data fields that are obscured by your screen on the Data List": Use the web page vertical bar on the right to move your screen vertically. Use the web page
horizontal bar placed at the end of the web page to move the screen horizontally (left or right) until you are satisfied.
Finally, about the "Data List": This is an HTML Table". It contains data brought in from either the "Refresh" button located on the User's
Actions bar or by the Query form submitted by the "Run Query" button. It has two parts on each line: the 1st column is a "clickable" button. When clicked, it
signals code behind to fill the Data-entry form [section 4] at the bottom of the page, this allows you to make changes, delete, report, print... to the record.
Only the "New/New(Fresh)" buttons do not need this magic "click", other functions do require the operator to click on this 1st column button from the Data List.
Additionally, the Data List has a footer line at its bottom. This footer line only appears when there are more than one pages of data generated. The footers hosts a series of numbers
123... The numbers are called "Page Indexes". Clicking a number on the footer will present the page that the number is linked to. Each page has 12 lines.
Download: This section briefly explains how download works on a typical Browser, e.g. Microsoft Edge. When you click "Report" or
"Print" button from a Falconry webpage, the Browser displays a small rectangle dialog called "Downloads"