Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe SFF_Gift_Guide If our hearts need to

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Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe SFF_Gift_Guide If our hearts need toA Scientific American Best Staff Read of 2023 "Irresistible." People A moving account of raising, then freeing, an orphaned screech owl, whose lasting friendship with the author illuminates humanity's relationship with the world. When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly,