Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
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On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl---a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing nineteen-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together.With both a tender heart and a scientist's eye, O'Brien studied Wesley's strange habits intensively---and provided a mice-only diet that required her to buy the rodents in bulk (28,000 over the owl's lifetime). As Wesley grew, O’Brien snapped photos of him at every stage like any proud parent, recording his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a gorgeous, gold-and-white, macho adult owl with a...
1 The Way of the Owl 12 To That Which You Tame, You Owe Your Life 113 Owl Infancy 194 Barn Owl Toddler: Love Me, Love My Owl 295 Flying Lessons 426 Attack Kitten on Wings 627 Love to Eat Them Mousies 798 Understanding Each Other: Sound and Body Language 899 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 10010 A Day in the Life of a Biologist 11611 Owls Are Not Waterbirds 13712 Deep Bonds 15613 The Sex Tapes 17814 Fifteen Years of Trust 19115 Twilight: He Whom I Tamed Saves My Life 20616 The End 21217 After 220Some Things You Might Not Know About Barn Owls 225Acknowledgments 231
