Wetlands Park Friends

Nature Moments

Black bee visiting red desert flowers

The Globe Mallow

HOLLYHOCKS IN THE DESERT? WELL, A RELATIVE!  Beautiful to see… what a show! From March to...
Brown snake slithering on pavement

The Red Racer

WHAT WETLANDS PARK RESIDENT HOLDS THE RECORD FOR FASTEST SNAKE IN NORTH AMERICA? This is...
White egret perched on railing

The Great Egret

WHAT WETLANDS PARK RESIDENT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY? The stately, three-foot...
Turtle sunning on rock beside small duck

The Pied-billed Grebe and Red-eared Slider

COME ON IN, THE WATER'S FINE! The ponds and streams at Clark County Wetlands Park...
Red damselfly resting on green blade

The American Rubyspot

WHAT "FLASHY" INSECT IN CLARK COUNTY WETLANDS PARK IS IN REALITY A FIERCE AERIAL PREDATOR?...
Cluster of pink wildflowers by reeds

The Marsh Fleabane

HMMM… WHERE IS THAT "UNUSUAL" SCENT COMING FROM? Marsh Fleabane is one of Clark County...
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...