{"product_id":"the-new-years-owl-encounters-with-animals-people-and-the-land-they-share","title":"The New Year's Owl: Encounters With Animals, People and the Land They Share","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear fine hardcover in un-clipped dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe injured owl that neighbors brought to Susan Shetterly on New Year's Eve should not have survived -- the compound fracture of one wing was too serious. But part of being a licensed wild bird rehabilitator is taking on the hopeless cases, putting faith before facts. The wing healed, and the owl flew again. It was a small, unexpected victory. These stories, distilling 16 years of living on the coast of Maine, building a home, raising a family, and caring for wounded or orphaned birds and animals are a chronicle of such victories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The frozen body of a hare lay partially uncovered, and around it was a faint press of wings like the \"snow angels\" my children used to make. I retreated into the woods and sat down on an ice-covered stump to wait. The owl would come back and tear at the thin, ravaged carcass. It was only a matter of time. I was willing to sit forever. A layer of ice beneath me turned to water, seeped into my jeans, and froze again, fastening me to the stump. A leg fell asleep. After awhile, I turned cautiously around. The owl was perched in a tree at my back It had been there, I suppose, as long as I had - watching me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Susan Hand Shetterly, with etchings by Robert Shetterly, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yankee Publishing Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53255245922611,"sku":"GR1156U","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/4515\/6659\/files\/new-years-owl.jpg?v=1776546488","url":"https:\/\/buteobooks.com\/products\/the-new-years-owl-encounters-with-animals-people-and-the-land-they-share","provider":"Buteo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}