A baby hawk will have to bate furiously to lift its tiny body out of its nest and into the air for the first time.

In falconry, a hawk will bate to take off from the arm of its trainer only when it is commanded to do so.

A strong gust of wind disturbed the resting hawk and made it bate in an attempt to leave its perch and fly.

A hawk is said to ‘bate’ when it beats its wings in an attempt to takeoff from a perch, whether that perch is its nest or the arm of its trainer.

While the term ‘bate’ is often used to refer to hawks, nearly all birds do this when they flap their wings to catch a gust of wind and leave their perch.