Visitor Center
Birding Around Las Vegas, Urban Las Vegas Valley
 Visitor Center (view N from parking lot) |
Description The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve (HBVP) is one of the best places in southern Nevada to watch birds and dragonflies. Marsh and stream-side habitat in the nearby Las Vegas Wash, combined with open ponds and trees in the HBVP, attracts birds of all kinds to water in this otherwise parched land. Desert species, waterbirds, wading birds, migrant songbirds, and shorebirds can be abundant here. Paved (fully accessible except for damaged pavement) and dirt (mostly accessible) walkways run on dikes that divide the area into nine brush-lined ponds. The dikes provide many vantage points, and an elevated platform gives good views over much of the area. Access is free, but it closes early, especially during summer.
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 Visitor Center and outside signs (view N) |
Hours The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve is open daily, but last entry is 30 minutes before closing time. Closed December 24, December 25, and January 1.
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Visitor Center Interior
 Entrance to Visitor Center: everyone signs in (view N) |
 Visitor signing in at the front desk |
 T-shirts and other items for sale |
 Classroom area with displays |
 Classroom area with displays |
 Classroom area with displays |
 Hallway to the ponds! |
 Birder exiting to the ponds! |
Visitor Center Exterior Areas
 Exiting Visitor Center onto back porch (view N) |
 Bird feeder on Visitor Center back porch (view NW) |
 Seed feeder off Visitor Center back porch (view NW) |
 Picnic tables on Visitor Center back porch (view NE) |
 Lending library (view N) |
 Walkway to the ponds (view E) |
 Bench and information sign at edge of Pond 1 (view E) |
 Walkway to the right around outside of the Visitor Center (view SE) |
 Land birds and information signs |
 Walkway to small amphitheater (view E) |
 Small amphitheater (view NE) |
 Trees and garden beyond the small amphitheater (view NE) |
 Walkway around to the front of the Visitor Center (view S) |
 Desert Tortoise enclosure |
 Walkway returning to backdoor of the Visitor Center (view SW) |
 More to come ... |
Typical lists produced by HBVP personnel throughout the year:
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 species, January | 89 species, April | 55 species, June | 80 species, October |
| Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe American White Pelican Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron White-faced Ibis Snow Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Gambel's Quail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot Greater Yellowlegs Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Morning Dove Greater Roadrunner Belted Kingfisher Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Common Raven Northern Rough-winged Swallow Verdin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Crissal Thrasher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Audubon Warbler Abert's Towhee Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle House Finch |
Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron White-faced Ibis Turkey Vulture Canada Geese Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard (nesting) Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Osprey Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Gambel's Quail Sora Common Moorhen (nesting) American Coot (nesting) Semipalmated Plover Killdeer (nesting) Black-necked Stilt (nesting) American Avocet (nesting) Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Greater Roadrunner Black-chinned Hummingbird Western Wood Pewee Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Cassin's Kingbird Gray Flycatcher Western Kingbird Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow No. Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Verdin (nesting) Marsh Wren (nesting) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Black-tailed Gnatcatcher European Starling American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle's Warbler Audubon's Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Black-heard Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole Hooded Oriole House Sparrow (nesting) |
Pied-billed Grebe (nesting) Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron White-faced Ibis Turkey Vulture Gadwall Mallard (nesting) Cinnamon Teal (nesting) Northern Shoveler Redhead (nesting) Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck (nesting) Osprey American Kestrel Gambel's Quail (nesting) Virginia Rail Sora (nesting) Common Moorhen (nesting) American Coot (nesting) Killdeer Black-necked Stilt (nesting) American Avocet (nesting) Spotted Sandpiper Forster's Tern Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-chinned Hummingbird Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Western Kingbird No. Rough-winged Swallow Verdin Marsh Wren Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Northern Mockingbird Crissal Thrasher Orange-crowned Warbler Lucy's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Abert's Towhee (nesting) Black-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole House Finch House Sparrow |
Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Great Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Gambel's Quail Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-heron Osprey Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Sora Common Gallinule American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull California Gull Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Greater Roadrunner Barn Owl Anna's Hummingbird Costa's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-shafted Flicker Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Cassin's Kingbird Common Raven Barn Swallow Verdin Marsh Wren Bewick's Wren Black-tailed Gnatcatcher American Robin Crissal Thrasher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Abert's Towhee Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle House Finch |
Happy birding! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 231107
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