pet house sparrow

a juvenile house sparrow (passer domesticus)

heart rot is a disease that causes decay of wood on trees. it is spread from wounds in the bark which causes fungal growth and makes the tree weaker. this bracket fungus (fistulina hepatica) is causing heart rot in the trunk of a tree.

brown witches butter (exidia recisa) is an edible jelly fungi commonly found growing on hardwood in the midwest after late spring rains. they are identifiable by their ridges and glob-like fruiting bodies.

fruiting bodies of brown witches fungus (exidia recisa)

jelly tooth fungus or toothed jelly fungus (pseudohydnum gelatinosum) is an edible fungi which is often candied or marinated. it grows in woodlands on dead and rotting logs.

a cluster of leopard ramshorn snails (planorbidae)

two ramshorn snails

egg mass of a ramshorn snail. these snails are common aquairum pets and can lay up to a dozen eggs at a time

quail egg comparison

a perching house wren (troglodytes aedon)

a house finch fledgling (haemorhous mexicanus)

a society finch sits in its owner’s hand

a nest of gouldian finch chicks