Falconer gets off to flying start
By Robert Macpherson in Laurel, Maryland | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-03 08:01
Rodney Stott, raptor program director for Wings Over America, attempts to hood James, a Lanner falcon, following a training session at the organization's bird sanctuary in Laurel, Maryland, on June 14. Karen Bleier / Agence France-Presse |
Benny and James are a pair of handsome Lanner falcons, bred in Saudi Arabia, that came to the United States a few weeks ago on a mission to change the lives of inner-city youth.
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