Subject: Book Recommendation: Gt. Horned Owl
Date: Mar 28 11:18:18 1994
From: John Tebbutt - tebbutt at RHINO.NCSL.NIST.GOV
"One Man's Owl", by Bernd Heinrich (of "Ravens In Winter" fame)
This book is the abridged and revised story of how ethologist and
wildlife writer Heinrich raised and observed a Great Horned Owl
which he found blown out of its nest after a storm. I've reached
just about the middle of the book, and I've found it to be fascinating,
insightful and educational as well as a very entertaining read.
I contrast this with Heinrich's earlier book, "Ravens...", which,
while forming a more complete and "scientific" account of the behavior
of the Ravens, I found rather dry and difficult to wade through after
two months of nothing happening! This book is far more fun, but not
at the expense of thoughtful and careful observation.
The full reference is:
Heinrich, Bernd
"One Man's Owl" (Abridged and revised)
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
ISBN 0-691-00065-4