Nature Noticers Gifts

Italian Heatwave

"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

"Well, isn't that embarrassing."

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

"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..."

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

'I love our hideaway. I only wish we could find it.'

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

Duck Hunt

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'We might make more progress if we try working as a team.'

'I know that bird feeder is guaranteed to be squirrel-proof, but I still think they are getting in there.'

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!'

'It's true what they say, you really can hear the sea in these things!'

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."

Vegetarian Birds

"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?

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

"Admit it, we're lost."

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

"Look, he just wants to apologize for scaring the daylights out of you yesterday. ... Mr. Squirrel? ..."

"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?"

"Ed's tree hugging was out of control."

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

Spiro & Pusho and the Scavenger.

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

"Beware of the frog"