Nighttime Observer Gifts

"I'm telling you! They don't know anything! No one is in charge!"

Bat

"He's so posh...!"

"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

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

"The woman on the fire escape who acted like it was a balcony"

"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..."

"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!

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

Duck Hunt

"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.'

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

What does aloof mean?

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

"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."

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

The prying mantis,

"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."

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

Exciting potato bugs.

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

"Beware of the frog"

"Let's break the record for non-stop deranged barking."

"Legs together, David -- You're hamspreading again."

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

"The end of my favorite series is near."

Farmer and FIsherman

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