Natural World Observer Prints

"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."

"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!"

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

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

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

Fly Fishing

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

Duck Hunt

Butterflies

Bears catching fish

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."

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'I admire your floatibility.'

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

"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.'

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

"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?

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

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

"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."

"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."