Sweetwater Wetlands Park
The City of Gainesville. Florida, had a water quality problem that they solved in an innovative, cost effective way that also produced a great wildlife resource and ecotourism attraction. Sweet water Wetlands Park is a great example of creative solutions for improving our environment.
Sweetwater Wetlands: Ricoh underwater camera - Tucson, AZ turtle video
Ricoh underwater camera WG-M1 video camera, Tucson's recharge basin, Sweetwater basin, off of Prince Rd
underwater video of turtle
Places to see in ( Tucson - USA )
Places to see in ( Tucson - USA )
Tucson is the second-largest city in the state of Arizona, in the United States of America. At an elevation of 2,400 feet, it has slightly cooler temperatures than its desert cousin, Phoenix. It is situated in the biologically diverse Sonoran Desert. With a population of 486,699 (2000 Census) in Tucson and 843,746 in the greater metro area, which also includes Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, Drexel Heights, Vail, South Tucson.
Tucson has always been a crossroads. Until recently, water was relatively plentiful in Tucson, in spite of its location in the middle of a desert. This made it an important travel route, an agricultural center, and a communications nexus. Tucson's history is ancient, with evidence of human occupation stretching back 10,000 years. Between A.D. 200 and 1450, the Hohokam culture dominated the area -- the Pima and Tohono O'Odham peoples that still occupy the area are descendants of the Hohokam. In 1699, Father Eusebio Kino, S.J., established the Mission San Xavier del Bac, southwest of present-day Tucson. Over the next 100 years, other missions were established in the area, but European presence was minimal.
It wasn't until 1775 that the Presidio of Tucson was created by Don Hugo O'Connor. At that time, it was the northernmost Spanish outpost in the New World. In 1821, Tucson became part of the new country of Mexico, and in 1853 it became part of the United States as a result of the Gadsden Purchase. In 1863, Arizona became a US territory, and by 1880, its population was around 8,000. In 1912, Arizona became the 48th state to enter the union. Today, Tucson is still a crossroads, with European, Native American, Mexican, and Asian cultures bumping into one another, in sometimes conflicting and sometimes compatible -- but always interesting -- ways.
A college town with a long history, Tucson (too-sawn) is attractive, fun-loving and one of the most culturally invigorating places in the Southwest. Set in a flat valley hemmed in by snaggletoothed mountains and swaths of saguaro, Arizona's second-largest city smoothly blends American Indian, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo traditions. Distinct neighborhoods and 19th-century buildings give a rich sense of community and history not found in the more modern, sprawling Phoenix. The eclectic shops toting vintage garb, scores of funky restaurants and dive bars don't let you forget Tucson is a college town at heart, home turf to the 40,000-strong University of Arizona (UA).
A lot to see in Tucson such as :
Saguaro National Park
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Pima Air & Space Museum
Old Tucson
Seven Falls
Reid Park Zoo
Tohono Chul
Gates Pass
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Sentinel Peak
A Mountain
Agua Caliente Park
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
Reid Park
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun
Children's Museum Tucson
Tucson Museum Of Art
Tumamoc Hill
Funtasticks Family Fun Park
Arizona State Museum
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park
Pusch Ridge
Center for Creative Photography
Airplane Boneyard
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
El Presidio
Trail Dust Town
Rillito River Park
Bear Canyon Trail
Mercado San Agustin
Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Tucson Audubon Society
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
International Wildlife Museum
Barrio Viejo
St. Augustine Cathedral Church
Fort Lowell Museum
Himmel Park
West Romero Pools Place
Northwest
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
Blacketts Ridge Trail
Arthur Pack Regional Park
Crossroads at Silverbell District Park
Morris K Udall Park and Recreation Center
Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum
( Tucson - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Tucson . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Tucson - USA
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White-throated Sparrow-Sweetwater Wetlands-Tucson-031312
This bird was found foraging in cottonwood fluff near the Hidden Pond at about 10 AM on the given date. At the end a White-crowned sparrow joins it.
Grebe rescue at Sweetwater Wetlands Park !
Rescue was made by Lara Colley and her boy friend great job. Thanks guys !
Sweetwater Wetlands_Tucson, Arizona May 2013
As you watch the beauty of the Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, Arizona, there's no narration, no background music, just the sounds of nature: bird calls, bullfrogs, ducks quacking. Look for the baby ducks at the end. Do you like nature videos without voice over narration and background music?
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
A created wetland, designed to treat stormwater runoff before it enters the wet Paines Prairie, and then goes into the aquifer via the Alachua Sink. Boardwalks for humans and habitat for wildlife are a pleasant byproduct.
Preening Common Gallinule-Sweetwater Wetlands-Tucson-03/13/12
I thought this video showed some neat behavior. The clip was captured at about 0900 on the date above.
Migrating Birds at Sweetwater Wetlands
Tucson's Sweetwater Wetlands is a water treatment facility as well as an urban wildlife habitat. These yellow-headed black birds are one of the many species that call the Wetlands its home. Produced by Tucson 12.
Sweetwater Preserve Tucson
Appreciating the spring bloom of desert wildflowers in Tucson during hike along Wildflower Ridge Trail within Sweetwater Preserve in Tucson Mountain foothills ❀????????????
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Sweetwater in the Foothills, Tucson, AZ
A slideshow featuring our residents, community activities and the flora and fauna within the community.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park
Sweetwater Wetlands Park had a variety of wildlife on display for our hike! Join us as we walk around the park to see its diverse wildlife. We witnessed alligators and snakes sunning as well as wild horses feeding at sunset.
More information about the park below.
Sweetwater Wetlands Park is not only a place to connect with nature, it's a way to protect our environment. The park, which consists of more than 125 acres of wetlands and ponds, was created to improve the water quality of wetlands in Paynes Prairie and the Floridan Aquifer.
Now a thriving habitat, Sweetwater Wetlands Park is filled with vast numbers of plants and animals, including birds, butterflies, alligators and Florida cracker horses.
At the park, you can walk more than 3.5 miles of crushed gravel trails and boardwalks, experience the lush landscape from viewing platforms, and learn about the habitat through educational signs and tours.
Sweetwater Trail - Tucson, AZ
Went out to Tucson, AZ to visit family for Thanksgiving.
Big thanks to Robert at BikeTucson.com for helping me choose this trail and setting me up with the Specialized Epic 29er I rode while visiting.
Thanks for watching!
Sweetwater Wetlands Park Alligators
American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) inside Sweetwater Wetlands Park. Filmed on 11-5-17.
Neotropic Cormorants (Sweetwater Wetlands)
Neotropic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima county, Arizona. Recorded April 29, 2015.
Sweetwater Preserve 1
Aaron and I riding the first bit of Sweetwater Preserve in Gainesville, FL. Not the most entertaining trail around, but pretty decent.
Greater Roadrunner (Sweetwater Wetlands)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) at Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima county, Arizona. Recorded April 29, 2015.
Limpkin at Sweetwater Wetlands
Video of a friendly Limpkin on a foggy morning at Sweetwater Wetlands in Gainesville, Floida.
Time lapse: Santa Cruz River, Rillito, Arizona
Santa Cruz River northwest of Tucson, Arizona in Rillito, off of the Santa Cruz River Walk Path (near Avra Valley Road).
I left the Raspberry Pi on the bank overnight. The rising and falling of the river is apparently due to a nearby water treatment facility which discharges - I am told - nearly drinkable water back into the river.
At one time, it was possible to boat and swim in the now-shallow Santa Cruz which was ruined by indiscriminate damming and diversion for agriculture in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
There are efforts under way to restore it.
Music is Folk Song by Brian Boyko.
Bear Canyon & Seven Falls near Tucson, Arizona
Travel with me to Bear Canyon and Seven Falls in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. The canyon here fills with water during the rainy seasons and becomes lush with greenery and wildlife during the monsoon months. Javelina, coyote, bobcat, mule deer, mountain lions, desert tortoise, canyon tree frogs, and a variety of lizards, snakes, and birds make their home here. Colorful wildflowers, wetland grasses, and shady trees, including cottonwood, walnut, sycamore, willow, and ash grow in a ribbon along the flowing water's banks. The sandy bottom of the canyon beneath the surface of the water is scattered with smooth gray gneiss rock. The series of seven waterfalls at the end of the 4 mile hike (8 miles roundtrip) offer a great place to relax, picnic, and cool off from the heat.
My trip to Bear Canyon and Seven Falls in the video took place in the morning of Friday, September 13, 2013.
More information about the trail:
Photos Credits (all public domain or released for use):
Coyote. Susan Lynn Peterson, 2007.
Collared peccary. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Collared lizard. MostlyDeserts, 2012.
Curve-billed thrasher. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Western bluebird. berichard, 2010.
Cactus wren on a saguaro cactus. Alan Vernon, 2011.
Canyon treefrog. Magnus Manske, 2009.
Tadpoles. bohringer friedrich, 2008.