Henderson spreads across the desert southeast of Las Vegas, and its wildlife surprise is a chain of ponds. The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, built on water-reclamation basins, pulls in herons, avocets, and wintering ducks in the middle of the Mojave. Around it the desert holds Gambel’s quail, desert cottontails, and roadrunners, and the ridgelines above town see the occasional desert bighorn.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Henderson. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
43,612
recent observations
30
species listed
10
plants
17
birds
2
mammals
Naturalists have logged 43,612 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Henderson. The most frequently seen is the Creosote Bush, with 9,382 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (10 of the species listed here), followed by birds (17).