Alfie & me : what owls know, what humans believe / Carl Safina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Safina, Carl, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Screech owls.

Animal rescue.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

xv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Alfie and me

Place of Publication:

New York : W W Norton, [2023]

Summary:

"A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard. Carl and Patricia began to realize that the healing was mutual; Alfie had been braided into their world, and was now pulling them into hers."--Page 2 of cover.

Contents:

Prologue

Part one: first summers

Part two: openings

Part three: bindings

Part four: nursery days

Part five: mysterious messengers

Part six: going, going

Epilogue

Gratitudes

References

Selected bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-342) and index.

ISBN:

9781324065463

132406546X

OCLC:

1362865688