Dusk is filling the valley. It is the time of the gloaming, the
owl-light. Out in the wood, the resident tawny has started calling,
Hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-o.'There is something about owls.
They feature
in every major culture from the Stone Age onwards. They are creatures
of the night, and thus of magic. They are the birds of ill-tidings, the
avian messengers from the Other Side.
But owls - with the
sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal
expressions - are also reassuringly familiar. We see them as wise, like
Athena's owl, and loyal, like Harry Potter's Hedwig. Human-like, in
other words.
No other species has so captivated us. In The
Secret Life of the Owl, John Lewis-Stempel explores the legends and
history of the owl. And in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the
realities of this magnificen
The Secret Life of the Owl - John Lewis-Stempel
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