Today is World Wetlands Day and to celebrate we wanted to share with you a list of 25 species you probably didn’t know call Tibbetts Brook home.  Wildlife of many sizes call Tibbetts Brook home from the large carp that can be seen cresting the waters surface during the late summer, to the small protozoa that cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is important for an urban area to contain this species richness for genetic diversity and importance to human and nature interactions. The Friends are thankful for the wetlands that assist in protecting this precious Bronx water body and look to continue to improve wetland habitat related to the Brook in the future.  Each month this year, the Friends will share another list of 25 as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary.

1	Psidium	Finger nail clam	Mollusk
2	Cipangopaldulia chinensis	Chinses mystery snail	Mollusk
3	Viviparus georgianus	Banded mystery snail	Mollusk
4	Physella	Bladder Snails	Mollusk
5	Enellagma	Bluet Damselfly	Damselfly
6	Nehalennia	Sprites	Damselfly
7	Ladona julia	Chalk fronted corporal	Dragonfly
8	Epicordulia	Basket tails	Dragonfly
9	Gomphaeschna	Pygmy Darners	Dragonfly
10	Dorocordulia	Little emeralds	Dragonfly
11	Tramea	Saddlebags	Dragonfly
12	Erythemis	Pond Hawks	Dragonfly
13	Notonecta	Back Swimmers	True Bug
14	Hydrometra	Water Scorpion	True Bug
15	Caenis	Burrowing mayfly	Mayfly
16	Cybister	Predaceous diving beetle	Beetle
17	Gammarus	Scuds	Crustacean
18	Caecidotea	Aquatic Sow Bugs	Crustacean
19	Orconectus limosus	Spiny cheeked cray fish	Crustacean
20	Chrysemys picta	Painted turtle	Reptile
21	Chelydra serpentina	Snapping turtle	Reptile
22	Lithobates catesbiana	Bull Frog	Amphibian
23	Lophodytes cucullatus	Hooded merganser	Water Fowl
24	Lepomis gibbosus	Pumpkin seed	Sun Fish
25	Ondatra zibethicus	Muskrat	Rodent