Sweetwater Wetlands Park

Collected the Fun Bus today, loaded everybody up and headed South. We met up with Pete and Wayne in Tucson. Pete has lived in Tucson for 27 years and knows the area well. Wayne is a childhood friend of his who visits him in Arizona twice a year with the aim of getting out into the wilds and spotting animals. Seems like I suddenly have a local expert. They suggested we head to Sweetwater Wetlands Park. This is effectively a water processing plant, but in Arizona water attracts wildlife. We had a tranquil walk around the ponds, admiring the Dragonflies, birds and most importantly, the reptiles.
The reptiles spotted here were:-
Ornate Tree Lizard - Urosaurus ornatus
Desert Piny Lizard - Sceloporus magister
Clarks Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus clarkiiRead more