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I like reading books where I learn something new and since i knew basically nothing about owls, this book was informative and sweet at the same time. It, no doubt, will generate an interesting discussion. This is a book club selection for next month. I wanted more on the owl and less on biologists. The book was a fast read, or I read it fast because I skipped around and jumped over parts I wasn't particularly interested in such as what biologists wear to work. They do not defecate in their nests, either.

Barn Owls are remarkably clean animals and have a sweet odor.

This page has four different calls that barn owls make.

Barn owls are in the tytonidae family while other owls are in the strigidae family.

Barn owls mate for life and both parents are very active in raising the owletts.

Barn owls exclusively eat mice, anything else is not necessary and might actually cause them to starve to death.

Here are a few things I didn't know before:

I learned a lot about owls from this book, especially barn owls. Please watch the short video which shows footage of Wesley when he was still alive with narration from O'Brien. Amazingly this love and devotion goes both ways from human to bird and from bird to human. just like the title says it is a remarkable story of love and devotion. Wesley the Owl: the Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien is a nonfiction story about a biologist, Stacey O'Brien, and a barn owl, Wesley, that she raises from birth.

Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien