The New Year's Owl: Encounters With Animals, People and the Land They Share

by Susan Hand Shetterly

birdwatching and the adventures

Genres: Nature

149 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1986

About the author

Susan Hand Shetterly, a former wild bird rehabilitator, has written about wildlife and wildlands for over twenty years. She is the author of the essay collection The New Year's Owl and several children's books. She was a contributing writer to the Maine Times and her pieces have appeared in Birder's World, Audubon Magazine, Yankee, and Down East. "

Reviews

[Amy Paget · Rating 5 out of 5]

Susan Hand Shetterly is simply the best naturalist writing today. I was alerted to her work through a NYTimes review of best essay writing and recently read her newest title Settled in the Wild: Notes from the edge of Town. Working backwards now, to this 1986 book that covers much of the same territory in rural Maine. Her comments on the man/animal intersection are profound and her love for wildlife and nature inspires me. She is also a noted children's fiction author. Highly recommended.

[Ray Zimmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read. If you enjoy stories about encounters with nature, this wildlife rehabilitator has an excellent book. Published in 1986 and reprinted in 1987, it may be difficult to obtain copies.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely