The Hidden Lives of Owls: Nature's Most Elusive Birds Book

The Hidden Lives of Owls is a New York Times bestseller. Leigh Calvez explores the night forest to uncover the secret lives of owls in this illuminating book for birders, animal lovers, and readers of H is for Hawk. Join a naturalist on her adventures into the world of owls, owl-watching, avian science, and the deep forest - often in the dead of night.

Whether you’re tracking snowy or great horned owls, these birds are a bit mysterious, and that’s part of what makes them so fascinating. Covers owl species from arctic snowy to great horned and barred owls. This book makes for a compelling gift for hikers, wildlife watchers, and naturalists

Author: Leigh Calvez
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Publication Year: 2016
Paperback
224 pages
Product Dimensions: 5.51" x 0.55" x 7.48"

About the Author: Leigh Calvez is a scientist, naturalist and nature writer. As a scientist, she worked as Research Director for the Ocean Mammal Institute on such projects as the effect of vessel traffic on endangered humpback whales off Maui, Hawaii and the effects of human interaction on the Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin in their resting bays on the Big Island of Hawaii. She also led the only independent research team observing the US Navy’s testing of Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFA) on humpback whales in their nurseries in Hawaii in 1998. 

In 2013 she published her first book entitled Whale Watching on the West Coast: Stories of Blue Whales, Gray Whales, Humpbacks and Orcas, a book by Prospective Guides. Her latest book is, The Hidden Lives of Owls: The Science and Spirit of Nature’s Most Elusive Birds.

She teaches private writing classes and lives near Seattle, Washington, with her daughter Ellie and their two cats.