A Part 3 post of "Interesting Stuff (June)"

This has every interesting thing i got a picture of that does not deserve an entire post.

Image to the left is a Green Annual Cicada. Open...

Our neighbors, the Deoliveiras owned 7 chickens, and let me know that they could not take all of them when they moved. They asked me if i wanted to take them. I Negotiated with my parents, and they ended up saying yes, as long as I did 100% of the work.

Me and Miguel Deoliveira Decided to build the coop ourselves, using Mesh, Zip ties, 2 by 4s, Plywood, and lots of Nails. Open...

Nupsee Pond is a local vernal pool. Every year, in late summer, it dries up completely, and in winter, as ice melts, it fills back up. This means that any animal that lives in a vernal pool must be aquatic, but be able to tolerate a few months of dryness. This means that Amphibians, Spiders, Dragonflies, Water Snakes, and Turtles dominate. Fish for example, would do well during half the year, but would be doomed in the fall, when the pond goes dry.

When the pond Dries, Hundreds of tadpoles, Mosquito larvae and dragonfly nymphs that have not yet metamorphosed into terrestrial adults, die off in a huge sludge of dead organisms at the lowest point of the pool. This attracts Blowflies, Yellow Jackets, And Raccoons.Open...