Nature Observant Gifts

Man Urinating in the Rain

"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."

"You do realize you can't take that one home."

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

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

'Dogs are so silly: Just throw a ball or a stick and they'll chase it and bring it back!'

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

"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..."

Painting clouds

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

Duck Hunt

Butterflies

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."

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

"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.'

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

"I think the ants are mooning me again."

"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."

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

'I don't know which was prettier - the meteor shower or the cascade of flaming space junk.'

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

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

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

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

"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."

Vegetarian Birds

The prying mantis,

"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."

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.