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Bird table canteen.

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

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

'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."

"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..."

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

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

Pumpkin patch

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

Fly Fishing

Bears catching fish

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

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

Duck Hunt

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

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'I admire your floatibility.'

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

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

"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."

Grand. Baby Grand. Toddler Grand. Teen Grand.

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

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

Taking it easy

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

The prying mantis,

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?

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

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.