The pools dry out under the summer sun and are devoid of predators, making them ideal nurseries for tadpoles and salamander larvae. As we walked, Heady pointed out a wide range of other spring ...

but those include the danger of predators that are absent from more ephemeral pools. Salamanders are freshwater egg layers, but there are plenty of saltwater egg layers in the spring as well.

For this reason, salamanders, frogs and insects can take advantage of their safety from predatory fish ... wet phase happens ...