A Bird in the Hand and a Bear in the Bush

by Judy Hughes

Stories from the author's years of rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned, surrendered, or injured wildlife with her husband and young daughter on their 175-acre ranch in western Oregon. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Stephanie A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked up forever ago at a used book sale, this little gem has sat on my shelf, unread, for a tragic 14 years. Upon finally cracking the cover, I cherished every single page. While a fairly slim volume overall, it is simply packed with wonderful stories and plenty of black and white photos as well.

Technically spoilers for real life, if you prefer to go into your old memoirs not knowing much about the author: It is a pity that this dream only lasted a few years (stupid 70s inflation/gas prices!), though I like that it ends on them managing to sell the property to a "Hollywood" couple (boy would I love to know who they were! and how long they kept it. and what happened after that)

I did try poking about the internet to see if she had been able to continue her wildlife rescue elsewhere, perhaps even expanded it into something larger and more official, but "Judy Hughes" is not a particularly unique name and at any rate, I came up empty.