Garden Observer Gifts

Bird table canteen.

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

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

'So let me see if I've got it straight. It was a very large squirrel and your husband is a nut.'

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

'The circle is complete!'

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

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

"You don't throw them back if they're too small!"

Pumpkin patch

"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..."

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

Sign in tree from bird "next appearance 3:00 pm"

Fly Fishing

He is familiar with the silent swoop of the evening bat.

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

Duck Hunt

Bears catching fish

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'I admire your floatibility.'

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.'

The prying mantis,

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

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

"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."

What does aloof mean?

Taking it easy

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

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

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

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

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

"Beware of the frog"