Wetlands Park Friends

Wetlands Park Friends

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...
Pair of rabbits resting on sandy path

The Desert Cottontail

ARE THESE CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK’S SUPER CRITTERS?  Hop, hop, hop! Desert Cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus...
Great blue heron flying low over pond

The Great Blue Heron

WHICH CRITTER IS AN ICON IN WETLANDS PARK? The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is...
Small yellow-faced songbird perched on seedheads

The Verdin

ARE THESE THE SMARTEST CRITTERS IN WETLANDS PARK? OR ARE THEY AMONG THE MOST PARANOID? ...
Crested bird perched on charred branch

The Roadrunner

IS THERE A DINOSAUR IN THE MIDST OF CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK? Clark County Wetlands...
Beaver swimming through muddy water

The American Beaver

WHO’S THE “COMEBACK KID” OF CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK? (Part 2) A biologist friend once said,...
Fluffy white insect on orange sand

The Thistledown Velvet Ant

DON’T REACH FOR THAT MOVING PIECE OF WHITE FLUFF NEAR THE CREOSOTE BUSHES!!! Thistledown velvet...