Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
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On Valentine’s Day 1985, biologist Stacey O’Brien first met a four-day-ancient baby barn owl — a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve hurt in one wing, the owlet’s ability to glide was forever compromised, and he had no hope of extant on his own in the wild. O’Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a stable home. Wesley the Owl is the amusing, poignant tale of their dramatic two decades together.
With both a tender heart and a scientist’s eye, O’Brien studied Wesley’s weird habits intensively and first-hand — and provided a mice-only diet that required her to buy the rodents in bulk (28,000 over the owl’s lifetime). As Wesley grew, she snapped photos of him at every stage like any proud parent, recording his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a gorgeous, gold-and-white, macho adult owl with a heart-shaped face and an outsize personality that belied his 18-inch stature. Stacey and Wesley’s bond deepened as she learned Wesley’s individual personality, devious emotions, and playful scenery that could also turn fiercely loyal and protective — though she could have done lacking Wesley’s driving away her would-be human suitors!
O’Brien also brings us inside the prestigious research community, a kind of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls sometimes flew freely from office to office and eccentric, brilliant scientists were extraordinarily committed to studying and helping animals; all of them were changed by the animal they loved. As O’Brien gets close to Wesley, she makes vital discoveries about owl behavior, intelligence, and communication, coining the term “The Way of the Owl” to clarify his inclinations: he did not tolerate lies, held her to her promises, and provided unconditional like, though he was not beyond an occasional sulk. When O’Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent like and courage of this wild animal.
Enhanced by wonderful photos, Wesley the Owl is a painstakingly engaging, heartwarming, regularly amusing tale of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most vital, like and loyalty. It is sure to be cherished by animal lovers everywhere.
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This book sucked. It is very amaturish and poorly written. I thought I was reading something a 4th grader had written. I stopped after 20 pages. What garbage. More left wing, tree hugging, owl loving crap!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
And people should never be encouraged to keep them. If an injury could be healed and the animal returned to the wild, that’s what needs to take place. if it cannot be healed it needs to be humanely euthanized or raised as wild as possible in a wildlife center. the owelet could have been treated and unrestricted. the behavior of the leader is irresponsible
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I felt this book was more about the history of owls than anything else. I was expecting something more along the lines of Marley and Me. It isnt even close to being as excellent.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
If you are a biologist or you are taking part in bird rescue, you will probably delight in this book. I establish it in very graphic, slow moving and at times yucky. Many of the descriptions were carried way to far. One could certainly picture in our minds what was be described lacking going to such lengths.
I really have place the book away lacking finishing it.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This is a wannabe ornithological version of “Marley and Me.” The excellent part is that it is written at a third-grade level. Biology researcher adopts baby owl. Lovingly raises it. It dies.
“Wesley” does do an effective job of showing how strong bonds of like are forged between species.
For me, the tale never took flight.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5