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Author:

Safina, Carl, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xv, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Subject:

Owls.
Rescue of animals.
Informational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

132406546X
9781324065463

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1362865688

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)