Out and about in the desert and mountains around Las Vegas, a variety for flying machines may fly over your head and intrude upon your solitude. However, learning to identify aircraft in flight adds an odd twist to enjoying the outdoors while hiking and birding around Las Vegas -- how many species and varieties can you list?

It seems that there are often hot air balloons sailing over Las Vegas, but I usually see them when I don't have my camera. These photo were taken from my front porch.