Natural World Observer Mugs

"Frankly, I don't like the way things are going."

"I miss when we were free, and I could eat you."

"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.'

"'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."

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

"God, I hope no one asks me to sing."

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

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

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

"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..."

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

Butterflies

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'I admire your floatibility.'

"I think the ants are mooning me again."

'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!'

'Darling - I think it's time to stop feeding the birds.'

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

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"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."

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."

"Your assumption that a one in a million chance event MUST be a miracle shows you drastically underestimate the total number of regularly occurring events."

What does aloof mean?

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

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