Wetlands Park Friends

Wetlands Park Friends

Southwestern Willow Flycatcher USFWS

The Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

What Small, Federally Endangered Bird Is Showing Signs of a Comeback in Wetlands Park? Back...
Common Carp Jon Drake

The Common Carp

Sesame Street, Anyone? Which of these fish is not like the others? If you guessed...
Friends Participants at Discovery Day

Discovery Day Was a Blast!

Over 866 participants were recorded at the July 8 event in Clark County Wetlands Park,...
Desert Willow Leavitt with green life

The Desert Willow

             WHAT A SHOW!  DO THESE FLOWERS REMIND YOU OF ORCHIDS? The desert willow tree...
Western Pigmy Blue Raffel sitting on a stick

The Western Pigmy Blue

WHERE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA CAN YOU FIND THE SMALLEST BUTTERFLY IN NORTH AMERICA? … If...
Gopher Snake Drake in yellow and black

The Gopher Snake

MY GOODNESS! THAT’S ONE BIG SNAKE! Wow! This large snake is like the “gift that...
A beautiful stream of water near bushes

When Was the Last Time You Visited the East End of Clark County Wetlands Park?

The morning’s are still cool—why not enjoy a pleasant ramble along the paved and unpaved...
Green winged Teal Gibe swimming in lake

The Green-winged Teal

A WHISTLING DUCK… IN WETLANDS PARK? NO KIDDING!!! Toot! Toot-toot, toot! If you hear that...
Wild Scorpion Flower in the desert

The Salt Heliotrope

WHAT WETLANDS PARK PLANT IS NICKNAMED AFTER A VENOMOUS PREDATORY ARACHNID? Look at this perky,...
A Contraption machine with a white light

What Is This Crazy Contraption?

It’s a COINTRAPTION, the newest installment in the Park’s Exhibit Hall (located in the Nature...

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