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On ROMANTIC DAYS CELEBRATION 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first attained a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful face that would turn into an amazing 19-yr saga. With nerve harm in one wing, the owlet's capability to soar was permanently compromised, and he had no expectation of surviving by himself in the open. O'Brien, a assistant in the owl lab at Caltech, was immediately smitten, appealing to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant history of their dramatic two decades along.
With both a sensitive heart and a scientist's eyeball, O'Brien analyzed Wesley's strange practices intensively and first-hand -- and provided a mice-only diet that required her to buy the rodents in large (28,000 within the owl's life-time). As Wesley grew, she snapped images of him at every stage like any very pleased parent, saving his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a striking, gold-and-white, macho mature owl with a heart-shaped face and an outsize personality that belied his 18-inch stature. Stacey and Wesley's connection deepened as she uncovered Wesley's specific personality, subtle thoughts, and playful characteristics that could also turn fiercely faithful and protecting -- though she could have done without Wesley's generating away her would-be real human suitors!
O'Brien also brings us inside the prestigious research community, some sort of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls sometimes flew freely from office to office and eccentric, amazing experts were extraordinarily focused on studying and supporting animals; most of them were evolved by the pet they cherished. As O'Brien gets near Wesley, she makes important discoveries about owl tendencies, intelligence, and communication, coining the word "JUST HOW of the Owl" to describe his inclinations: he did not tolerate lies, kept her to her claims, and provided unconditional love, though he had not been beyond an occasional sulk. When O'Brien builds up her own life-threatening health problems, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby parrot is herself rescued from loss of life by the insistent love and courage of this wild canine.
Enhanced by wonderful images, Wesley the Owl is a extensively participating, heartwarming, often funny history of a sophisticated, mental, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and devotion. It is certain to be valued by animal fans everywhere.
