Book cover image
Author headshot rendered as in the book.
Author headshot
An adult pygmy-owl preparing to deliver prey to its nest in 2020. Photo by Scott Carpenter.
One-day-old nestling prior to being weighed, measured, and returned to its stump nest in 2008. Actual events at this nest inspired many parts of the book, including the "Measure of Success" chapter.
A brood of six nestlings in Forest Park.
Two nestlings peer out of their nest in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter.
A nestling climbs out onto the bark of its nest stump in 2008.
A pygmy-owl pair in Forest Park in 2012. Photo by Scott Carpenter. This photo was the basis for the cover design.