Preface: Who knew
Making sense of owls : unpacking the mysteries
What's it like to be an owl : indigenous adaptations
Owling : studying the world's most enigmatic birds
Who gives a hoot : owl talk
What it takes to make an owl : courting and breeding
To stay or to go : roosting and migrating
An owl in the hand : learning from captive birds
Half bird, half spirit : owls and the human imagination
What an owl knows : how wise are owls?
Afterword: Saving owls : protecting what we love.