Climate Observer Gifts

"Is it my imagination, or has it been an unusually wet summer?"

'Apparently, this wind is coming in from the Arctic ...' (Polar bear flies through air.)

'Many creatures have adapted beautifully to the harsh life of the desert' - 'If I survive one more day...' 'It's like a furnace here.'

Igloo Fire.

'Hey! North migration has the right of way in Spring!'

rising sea levels

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Thor! I am Thor! Ha. Just kidding. I'm Tom the Seagull."

"'I don't want war'. . . well, wither our translation program is broke or this president has a strange kind of humor!"

"Finches, don't look now, but there's a creepy guy staring at our beaks."

"Fred's calculating what future natural catastrophes he can ignore based on his probably life span."

The Audacity of Fake Environmental Hope

Bird feeding chick that is nesting in a knight's helmet

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

"Go away, he's not done playing Cowboys and Indians yet."

"Okay, you both know the rules: no trash talk, no batting the other guy all over the house if he’s unconscious, watch the claws and nails..."

Painting clouds

Duck Hunt

"We've discovered they mate for life, as long as they don't discuss politics."

They try, but those crows can't make noises they used to. The lost caws!

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'Oh, so now the ocean isn't GOOD enough for you?'

Annie, the Reptile version: 'The sun will come out tomorrow! Tomorrow! You will sun yourself tomorrow!'

Cat says of armadillo, 'It's one of those big armored rats.'

"Want me to talk to the squirrel's mother, or would you prefer to handle it on your own?"

"I've got you in my sights now, Mister Squirrel, with your fluffy tail and those tiny hands clutching that itty-bitty nut. Aww, you must be hungry...poor little fella... I love you, Mister Squirrel."

"You're right—there's no such thing as personal space in a hibernaculum."

'Well, we always go to the same place for our holidays, so yes, we kind of migrate too...'

"It can't be much of a life working all day, but at least he gets to wear a stripey jersey."

The prying mantis,

". . . So that's 4 birdies, 1 eagle, 2 ferrets and a rabbit!"

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

What does aloof mean?

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."