Wetlands Park Friends

Wetlands Park Friends

Wetlands Park Friends

The Summer Tanager

WHICH SUMMER TOURIST IN WETLANDS PARK IS SOMETINMES KNOWN AS THE "BEEBIRD"? Summer Tanagers visit...
Small brown bird on sandy ground

The Abert’s Towhee

BOUNCE AND KICK, BOUNCE AND KICK! WHAT BIRD LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLENE?...
Osprey perched on bare branch

The Osprey

"...AND LIKE A THUNDERBOLT HE FALLS!" What a dive! Quite a splash!!! Alfred Lord Tennyson...
Large black wasp feeding on milkweed

The Pepsis Wasp (and a bee) on Desert Milkweed

WHEN CAN YOU HEAR A WETLANDS PARK PLANT BEFORE YOU SEE IT? When the plant...
Quail perched on bare branch

The Gambel’s Quail

PSSSSTT! A Quail (Callipepla gambelii) May Be Watching You! This male Gambel's Quail is showing...
Raptor gliding over distant mountains

The Northern Harrier

WHAT HAWK IS KNOWN FOR FLYING LOW TO THE GROUND? WHOOSH! This is how we...
Songbird perched high in leafy branch

The Northern Mockingbird

THWACK! OUCH! WHAT IS GOING ON? GOODNESS, I'M BEING ATTACKED BY A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD! My...
Side view lizard with blue throat

The Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard

WHAT CRITTER HAS A SERIOUS TERRITORIAL PROBLEM IN CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK? Get off my...
Raccoon curled up on tree branch

The Gray Fox

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A MEMBER OF THE WILD DOG FAMILY (Canidae) SITTING COMFORTABLY OVERHEAD...
Crested gray bird perched on thorn branch

The Phainopepla

WHAT PLANT AND CRITTER HAVE A MUTUALLY SYMBOITIC RELATIONSHIP IN CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK? This...