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A blind falcon will soon get a chance to see again thanks to a risky surgery.Banner is a 4-year-old Lanner falcon that belongs to Nancy and Jim Cowan. The couple runs a falconry school in Deering ...
For the first time, cataract surgery has restored a falcon's sight. A team of veterinarians and vision specialists from around the globe collaborated to restore sight to Banner, a four-year-old ...
Banner, a four-year-old lanner falcon, lost her sight two years ago, and wasn't able to hunt or fly. Her owners, Nancy and Jim Cowan of the New Hampshire School of Falconry, wanted to fix that ...
DEERING, N.H. (AP) - These days, when Nancy Cowan greets her famous falcon named Banner, she offers a bow and utters a little “chup” as a hello. Banner, who went through a landmark cataract ...
B ird experts from around the world will have their eyes on a ground-breaking surgery on a falcon from Deering next week. Banner, a female lanner falcon, is undergoing cataract surgery at Capital ...
A second round of eye surgery means a falcon in New Hampshire that had cataracts might fly again someday.The Concord Monitor reported Monday that laser surgery to clear cloudiness from Banner's ...