Area H.S. football: Week 8
Division I district tennis
Oktoberfest celebration
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Today is the 38th annual celebration of the planet we call home, and a day to step back and think about things we can do to preserve and restore our natural resources…
So that’s the official line on Earth Day, but I want to know: what do YOU think about Earth Day?
Is it a time to reflect on accomplishments?
A time to call for more action?
Or something in-between?
Send a post, let us know, then go outside and do something good for the planet.
Home > Blogs > Living Green > Archives > 2008 > June > 03 > Entry
Cicada season
I got a call yesterday from a West Chester Twp. resident about cicadas. The individuals was curious as to why, despite ODNR forecasts that the big noisy bugs would hatch in large swarms in areas other than the township, there were groups of them screeching away in the nearby trees.
A good opportunity to make a point, I figured. Despite the annual hype in some region or another about 17-year cicada cycles, these are not clockwork machines. They’re animals.
Animals breed. They don’t always do it at a predetermined time, much like people (unless that’s your thing - then more power to you). The whole 17-year thing doesn’t mean they vanish on cue when the year is up. Add to that the massive disruption the soil-dwelling critters face every time a field or woodlot becomes a subdivision, and it only makes sense that the 17-year cycle is simply a prediction.
Kind of like the weather, but with beady red eyes.
There will be cicadas every summer, God willing. They may not blanket the trees, but they find each other and will end up in big, noisy groups as the weather turns sultry. That’s nature, in a nutshell: messy, noisy, unpredictable, and beautiful.
And if we know what’s good for us, we’ll be glad when the cicadas catch us by surprise.
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: The environment
Comments