Wetlands Park Friends

Nature Moments

Pinacate Beetle in Wetlands Park Friends Image

The Pinacate Beetle

WHICH AMUSING WETLANDS PARK BEETLE CAN ALSO BE A “STINKER”? Tap-tap-tap. Click-click-click. Clop-clop-clop! My husband...
Green shrubs with long pink roots

The Yerba Mansa

WHAT ISN’T THIS “COOL” WETLANDS PARK PLANT REPUTED TO CURE? From curing stomach aches, colds,...
Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle Drake

The Texas Spiny Softshell Turtle

WHICH WETLANDS PARK TURTLE IS NO “SOFTY”? What a cute face!  At least, I think...
The American Bullfrog Martini in Water

The American Bullfrog

What Wetlands Park Critter “Croaks Up” a Storm in the Summer Months? Croak, croak, croak!!!...
Wetlands Park Rock Wren

The Rock Wren

WHICH WETLANDS PARK BIRD IS A TRUE ARTISAN? Rock wrens (Salpinctes obsoletus) are common resident...
Wetlands Park Sandbar Willow Raffel

The Sandbar Willow

what under-valued wetlands park tree looks like a shrub? The clumping sandbar willow (Salix exigua),...
Wetlands Park Plecostomus Don Drake

The Plecostomus

WHAT “introduced” FISH SPECIES at WETLANDS pARK can ALSO DO TIME ON LAND? The plecostomus...
Crawfish Don Drake

The Red Swamp Crayfish

BABY LOBSTERS AT WETLANDS PARK? WELL, NOT REALLY... Clark County Wetlands Park is home to...
Grackle Michelle

The Great-tailed Grackle

WHICH WETLANDS PARK BIRD HAS A VOICE LIKE A RUSTY GATE HINGE?  Great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus...
Snowy Egret

The Snowy Egret

WHICH WETLANDS PARK HUNTER HAS BEAUTIFUL WHITE PLUMAGE AND YELLOW SLIPPERS?  Snowy egrets (Egretta thula)...