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Book Description: Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1996. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Photos (illustrator). First Edition. 6 x 9-1/2 ". 1996 Hardcover in DJ 1st . BRAND NEW from publisher . Never opened, Never owned, Never marked . Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve . Excellent Gift Giving quality . This is a handsome book . deep wine-colored cloth over boards with Gold gilt lettering impressed onto spine, and ochre-gold endpages ; in glossy color photographic jacket , with a delightful photo of the owl with the author on the inside back flap . 217 pages with index and appendix chronology, illustrated with B&W photographs by the author . Max R. Terman is a zoologist Professor of Biology at Tabor College, and also the author of " Earth Sheltered Housing : Principles and Practice , which is an account of his own experiences building a solar earth-covered 'sod' house on 15 acres of Kansas prairie . In this fascinating true story, he tells the tale of coming to the rescue of an owlet . a baby Great Horned Owl . in the park of a small Kansas town . which led him to an adventure that would test his scientific ingenuity and lead to unprecendented observations of an owl's hidden life in the wild . He relates his experiences nusing the starving little owlet, which he named " Stripey " , back to health and teaching it survival skills in his barn that the baby bird's mother wasn't there to teach . and then also describes the elation . and worry . of, once he was confident Stripey knew how to feed himself . letting his little companion loose into an uncertain world . as any surrogate parent would feel . At this point, the story could have ended, with no clue as to what happened to Stripey in his owl-life after . but . Terman was experimenting with radio tags . Strapping the tags to Stripey, he actually managed to follow the owl into the wild ! . Terman observed for himself first hand the behavior of a hand-reared raptor who is reunited with its natural enviornment . Through the unuqie use of telemetry, Terman tracked Stripey after the big bird left the scientists barn and took up residence in the wild in the surrounding countryside on the Kansas prairie . and kept track of him for more than six years ! . The radio beacon on Stripey provided Terman with information on the owl's regular patterns of playing, hunting , exploring, and protecting . and enabled him to witness the moments when Stripey encountered mobs of crows . or other owls . or when a prospective mate caught the owl's eye . And Stripey didn't forget about Terman . taking time out to check in back at the barn occasionally, and following him around as he did his chores, on the chance of a handout . Until now, scientists have generally believed that an owl raised by humans or nurtured later by people, becomes ill-adapted for meeting the challenges of life in the wild. Terman's research proves otherwis with Stripey surpassing all expectations and becoming a totally independent wild creature . With Terman, however, Stripey 'remembered' him, and remained tame when he came to visit him . allowing the author to explore something one rarely sees in owls . a warm interest in humanity. This dimension of their relationship is engagingly re-created as he describes Sripey with humor and compassion, and shows the daily challenges of probing the life of a great horned owl . Bernd Heinrich, author of One Man's Owl, says of this book : ' There are very few books written by knowledgeable scienties that truly show the animal , and the researcher . this is one of them . a fine balance beween compassion and both ecological consciousness and scientific objectivity ' . a beautifully written fascinating study of another of the many creatures who are learning to adapt and even thrive in human environments . and the very human exchange between one man and one bird . " Messages from an Owl " . by Max R. Terman . published by Princeton University Press, New Jersey . 1996 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket . Brand New Gift Giving quality *** Securely packed for safe delivery ~ We've been shipping books across North Ame. Bookseller Inventory # 6029

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