Messages from an Owl

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Summary: Imprinted owl still survives on Kansas countryside.
Review: I am often asked by readers of Messages From An Owl if Stripey still survives after almost 10 years in the wild. The answer is yes--my owl still thrives on a Kansas farm in a hedge row 2 miles from where it was reared. Last month I walked the hedge row in the center of Stripey's territory--the owl gave me a familiar "cheep" followed by a hoot--dipped its four-wing span out of the dense brush and flew off across the Kansas prairie. Amazing!

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Summary: Good read for nature fans
Review: I really love this book. Terman writes with an engaging style and he through him I can feel the triumphs and failures of the owl Stripey. It's not often I get attached to an animal I've never met, but this book brings Stripey to life in ways I wouldn't have imagined.

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Summary: Owl Speak!
Review: Max Terman has given us a most delightful read. I love the typography and layout. The quotes at the head of each chapter lead us on a challenging "Owl Prowl". What a privilege it would be to go in person and check out Stripey and the other owls with Max. But next best thing is pulling his book off of the shelf and reading it again and again. Each new read brings a new insight into the lives of great horned owls and the life of humans who care about them. The book is a classic.

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Summary: Well balanced
Review: This book follows the life of a Great Horned Owl "Stripey", who was abandoned as a 4 week old chick, and raised and subsequently released and observed by Author and Zoologist Max Terman for a study in Animal behaviour. This thoroughly enjoyable book successfully combines scientific observation, reasoning and speculation with the joys and rewards that relationships between humans and animals can bring. Although a factual account, "Messages from an Owl" reads much like a novel, complete with twists in the plot and happy and sad moments. I highly recommend this book, not only for people interested in biology but for anyone who would enjoy following the life and times of two companions, and Owl and a Man.
Deane P. Lewis