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“The more we understand the wild animals that share our home places, the better we can coexist in safety, wisdom, conviviality, and delight.”

–The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

From the introduction:

“My intent was not to be all-inclusive, but rather to treat species that are common in most urban places and those that have a particular lesson for coexisting with wildlife that can be extrapolated to other species, including the many that are not directly considered here...nearly everyone reading this book will be able to say, “I wish she’d written about __________.” But my goal, my dream, actually, is that this is just the start of a huge, earthen bestiary, an invitation to wild intimacy, written daily by all of us, through attention to the creatures in our midst.“