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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Safina, Carl, 1955-     Subjects     Safina, Carl, 1955-     Ecologists -- United States -- Biography.     Ecologists -- United States -- Anecdotes.     Screech owls -- Wounds and injuries.     Owls -- Wounds and injuries.     Wildlife rehabilitation -- Anecdotes.     Birds of prey -- Adaptation.     Birds of prey.     Human-animal relationships.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Safina, Carl, 1955-       by title:      Alfie & me : what ow...       by call number:      639.97897 S128a     Search the Web     Safina, Carl, 1955-     Safina, Carl, 1955-     Ecologists -- United States -- Biography.     Ecologists -- United States -- Anecdotes.     Screech owls -- Wounds and injuries.     Owls -- Wounds and injuries.     Wildlife rehabilitation -- Anecdotes.     Birds of prey -- Adaptation.     Birds of prey.     Human-animal relationships.       MARC Display

Alfie & me : what owls know, what humans believe / Carl Safina. by Safina, Carl, 1955- W W Norton, 2023. Call #: 639.97897 S128a Subjects Safina, Carl, 1955-   Ecologists -- United States -- Biography.   Ecologists -- United States -- Anecdotes.   Screech owls -- Wounds and injuries.   Owls -- Wounds and injuries.   Wildlife rehabilitation -- Anecdotes.   Birds of prey -- Adaptation.   Birds of prey.   Human-animal relationships. ISBN:  9781324065463 (hc.) Alternate title:  Alfie and me : what owls know, what humans believe Description:  xv, 361 p., 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : ill., photographs ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-342) and index. Summary:  "Stony Brook University ecology professor Safina (Becoming Wild) shares the moving story of how he and his wife, Patricia, rescued and rehabilitated an orphaned eastern screech owl they named Alfie. Safina, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, took in the bird in 2018 after receiving a tip about a baby owl that had fallen out of its nest. Nursing Alfie back to health, the Safinas let her roam freely about their house and gradually acclimated her to the outdoors, keeping the owlet first in a chicken coop and then leaving the coop door open so she could come and go as she pleased. Safina continued providing Alfie meals until she learned to hunt on her own, and she eventually found a mate, dubbed Plus-One, with whom she raised a brood. Philosophical musings on humanity’s beliefs about nature add intellectual rigor to the heartwarming story; Safina laments how Plato’s view of the spiritual world as distinct from and superior to the material world led Western society to devalue nature, a perspective Safina contrasts critically with Native American cultures that believe animals are “thinking and emotional beings who have minds, communicate among themselves, act with agency on their own behalf.” Stirring and ruminative, this is an excellent complement to Irene Pepperberg’s Alex and Me."--Publishers Weekly. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  9   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 639.97897 S128a Adult books Item being held Add Copy to MyList

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