One Man's Owl - Hardcover

Heinrich, Bernd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 069108470X ISBN 13: 9780691084701

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1987

Synopsis

This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hun"er--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader.

About this title

About the Author

Bernd Heinrich is Professor of Zoology at the University of Vermont and the author of several books, which include Bumblebee Economics (Harvard) and Ravens in Winter (Summit). Alice Calaprice abridged and revised this edition of One Man's Owl.The first edition of the book was a selection of the Nature Book Society and the Library of Science.

Reviews

This is not another story of well-intentioned but misguided incarceration of wild foundlings (most of which are kept in violation of the law and are better left alone). Heinrich ( In a Patch of Fireweed ) rescued a young great horned owl after its nest was destroyed by a storm and kept it in a semi-wild state for three years. His entertaining diary of the owl's behavior is also a discourse on natural history, with references to technical literature, as well as musings and philosophy. Heinrich is especially interested in how owls acquire their skills as predators and why smaller birds swarm around them in the daytime. An excellent book that should have wide appeal. Nature Book Society and Library of Science selection. Henry T. Armistead, Thomas Jefferson Univ., Philadelphia
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Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069108470X
• ISBN 13: 9780691084701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240