Keen Observer Pillows

'This breed can smell incompetence.'

"Eight hours and still not a bird to be seen."

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

Duck Hunt

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

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

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.'

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

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

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

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

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

What does aloof mean?

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

The prying mantis,

"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."

'I don't care what the blueprints say, I'm certain HE strongly suggested a roof.'

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

"Beware of the frog"

"If you can’t beat ’em, roll around in their decaying carcass."

Exciting potato bugs.

"The only problem with living at the top of a mountain is the constant stream of people coming to ask stupid questions."

Farmer and FIsherman

I think it's so cute when the kids camp out in the backyard.

"I don't think I can fit that into my schedule, Irv. I've got a fishing boat to attack this morning, a beach to terrorize this afternoon and a feeding frenzy this evening!"

Saguaro Cactus Regrets.

"This isn't helping my migraine."