Owl in the Fireplace A Postcard Tale
Helen Mary Fenninger recalls an owl stuck in a fireplace and credits Jim Booknight for safely removing it. The anecdote ends with relief and a plan to handle any future owl intrusions calmly.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1982
Page
11
Helen Mary Fenninger recalls an owl stuck in a fireplace and credits Jim Booknight for safely removing it. The anecdote ends with relief and a plan to handle any future owl intrusions calmly.
The narrator recalls the morning after an owl event when a grateful caller thanks the bird lady. The wife asked her husband what to do, and he directed her to call the bird lady, prompting repeated recognition and affection from the community.
A recipe for AU DUBON BIRD CAKE intended for winter birds. It lists ingredients including corn meal sugar flour hot water peanut butter bacon fat and tea. The method involves mixing heating and refrigerating the mixture and notes birds such as the Baltimore oriole may eat it and that extra fat helps birds endure cold.
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