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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

O’Brien, Stacey.
Wesley the owl: the remarkable love story of an owl and his girl / Stacey O’Brien.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Barn owl—California, Southern—Anecdotes. 2. Barn owl—
Behavior—California, Southern—Anecdotes. 3. Human-animal relationships—California, Southern—Anecdotes. 4. O’Brien, Stacey.
5. Women biologists—California, Southern—Biography. I.
Title.
QL696 .S85027 2008598.9'7—dc22 2008007985

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7981-6
ISBN-10: 1-4165-7981-8

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