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Summary: "When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris's hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.9 MONMontgomery, Sy.
Summary: A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, author Montgomery was more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet, with no inkling that this piglet would not only survive but flourish--and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Animal Pet MontgomeryMontgomery, Sy
Summary: When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The Leagues founders,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.92 MONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.92 MONMontgomery, Sy.
Summary: A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, author Montgomery was more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet, with no inkling that this piglet would not only survive but flourish--and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006