In July, the Cicada Killer Wasps will begin to emerge and can be spotted around the parks, especially within the sand volleyball courts and baseball infields. These large, intimidating wasps are uninterested in humans and don’t act aggressively unless threatened. The biggest...

The red-winged blackbird breeding season is currently happening. While females sit on eggs in nests in our park trees, the males can become aggressive guarding the nest. Males have been known to sound their "conk-a-reee" alarm as a warning, flutter above people and animals, and...