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Welcome to the Mono Lake Committee's Bird Sightings page! This emphasis of this forum is birds, but other noteworthy wildlife sightings are encouraged also. Click on a link below to see the details of a sighting, and click on "Post" above to post a sighting. If you have a photo of your sighting, and would like it posted here, please email it to Bartshe Miller ().  We encourage people with knowledge of rare sightings in Mono County to report their sighting information to the sub-regional editor  for Mono County, Kristie Nelson (storm_petrel@hotmail.com). When watching birds and other wildlife, please be respectful of their territory and habitat.

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A tiny fraction of the birds now visible on Mono. Mostly Eared Grebes with a few Ruddy Ducks among them, in front of Paoha Island, Oct. 22, 2005.

Western Meadowlarks on the stormy shores River Gates 12/21/2005 22 Dec 2005

County Park Birds Bartshe th/is/day 10 Dec 2005

Common Grackles Bird Postings Board 11/25/05 27 Nov 2005

Roundup from a late November foray Bird Postings Board 11/27/05 27 Nov 2005

winter postponed until further notice alkali fly to/d/ay 11 Nov 2005 (IMAGES)

Re: more signs of the anti-winter Kelly 11/14/05 15 Nov 2005

Re: winter postponed until further notice pmcfarland 11/13/2005 14 Nov 2005

Mono Basin Christmas Bird Count Kristie Nelson 11/8/05 08 Nov 2005

Eared Grebe convention Bartshe 10/19/05 19 Oct 2005

Re: A good year for grebes Bartshe mo/to/day 23 Oct 2005 (IMAGES)

Fall Four: October blaze Quercus Rutilus to/d/ay 02 Oct 2005

Fall Color Update 3 or winter and fall collide Quercus Galbinus ho/d/ie 28 Sep 2005 (IMAGES)

Fall Color Update 2 Quercus Galbinus ho/d/ie 22 Sep 2005

Burrowing owl near Fales Hotspring Blake Barbaree 9/16/2005 21 Sep 2005

Fall Color Update Quercus Galbinus 9/19/05 19 Sep 2005

late Olive-sided Flycatchers Chris McCreedy sunday 18 Sep 2005

Sapsuckers Chris McCreedy monday 05 Sep 2005 (IMAGES)

Osprey on Rush Chris McCreedy saturday 03 Sep 2005

White-tailed Jackrabbit Bartshe ye/str/day 31 Aug 2005

Bald Eagle Lake Tahoe 08/10/2005 26 Aug 2005

Spotting Banded Birds During Migration Chris McCreedy thursday 10 Aug 2005 (IMAGE)

Stink Bug invasion Chris Tonra 7/28/2005 30 Jul 2005

county park/redstart nick n 7/29/05 29 Jul 2005

Northern Harrier fledges on Rush Creek Chris McCreedy lastweek 27 Jul 2005 (IMAGE)

Bald Eagle Sighting: Sotcher Lake garywbarber@yahoo.com 06/26/2005 21 Jul 2005

Interesting Calidris sandpiper Debbie House 7/20/2005 21 Jul 2005

Franklin's Gull Debbie House 7/18/2005 19 Jul 2005

They're Here! Chris Tonra 7/18/2005 19 Jul 2005

Bald Eagle juveniles Susan Colletta 6/18 &7/15 16 Jul 2005

come to die my little pretties alkali fly last night 15 Jul 2005

Help ID Black & White Bird Cindy 7/06/05 11 Jul 2005

Re: Help ID Black & White Bird 7/15/05 15 Jul 2005

Philadelphia Vireo still at Mcgee Kristie Nelson 7/7/05 07 Jul 2005

A Mob of Angry Adults Colin Woolley 07/05/2005 05 Jul 2005

Osprey catching a fish in Rush Creek Greg Reis 6/30/05 04 Jul 2005

a couple birds I don't see here too often... Ben Winger 7/1/05 01 Jul 2005

Philadelphia Vireo singing on McGee Creek Chris McCreedy payday 30 Jun 2005 (IMAGES)

Southbound shorebirds Debbie House 6/27-6/29/ 29 Jun 2005

redstarts, balck and white, Prairie warbler Kristie Nelson 6/29/05 29 Jun 2005

Common Moorhen Debbie House 6/28/05 28 Jun 2005

Bald Eagle at Lake Mary txbluesky@yahoo.com 06/26/05 27 Jun 2005

Bohler Canyon- Rufous Hummingbirds, Nashville Warbler Ben Winger 06/25/05 25 Jun 2005

Frog Imposters Bartshe 6/24/05 24 Jun 2005

Tri-colored blackbird, upper Cottonwood Canyon(Bodie) Blake Barbaree 6/22/2005 23 Jun 2005

Re: Tri-colored blackbird, upper Cottonwood Canyon(Bodie) Bartshe re/sp/on 24 Jun 2005

Rush Creek vagabonds Chris McCreedy wednesday 22 Jun 2005

Re: Rush Creek vagabonds Chris McCreedy wednesaday 22 Jun 2005

male subadult Anna's (dos) Bartshe 6/22/05 22 Jun 2005

Pair of Bald Eagles Duncan King 05/27/2005 21 Jun 2005 (IMAGES-BIG)

Re: Pair of Bald Eagles ourinfo ourinfo 02 Dec 2005

Re: Pair of Bald Eagles ourinfo ourinfo 23 Oct 2005

Northern Harrier nest on Rush Creek Chris McCreedy theides 15 Jun 2005 (IMAGE)

Re: Northern Harrier nest on Rush Creek Chris McCreedy wednesday 22 Jun 2005

Fixed pic credit picture guy aujourdhui 22 Jun 2005

Painted Ladies are... alkali fly 6/13/05 13 Jun 2005

Common Merganser and Blue-winged Teal on Lee Vining Delta Chris Tonra 6/8/2005 10 Jun 2005

Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Rush Creek Chris McCreedy the ninth 09 Jun 2005

Evening Grosbeak (female) Gene Heiman 05/29/2005 08 Jun 2005 (IMAGE)

Prairie Warbler - County Park area Debbie House 6/7/05 07 Jun 2005

Re: Prairie Warbler - County Park area - persists on June 21 Chris McCreedy solstice 21 Jun 2005

Re: Prairie Warbler - County Park area - persists on June 24 Bartshe 6/24/05 24 Jun 2005

Black-headed Grosbeaks nesting on lower Lee Vining Creek Chris Tonra 6/2/05 05 Jun 2005

new spring colors are in alkali fly 6/04/05 04 Jun 2005 (IMAGES)

Oasis Ranch birds Matt Brady 5/28/2005 01 Jun 2005

Bunting's have arrived Chris Tonra 5/26/05 27 May 2005

Northern Parula and Semipalmated Plover on Lee Vining Creek Chris Tonra 5/24/05 27 May 2005

creek lurker paul 5/15/2005 17 May 2005

Ahh, Exciting Spring: moths, flowers Greg Reis 5/15/05 15 May 2005

highlights from the mist net lounge.... PRBO banding crew 05/12/2005 15 May 2005 (IMAGE)

Re: highlights from the mist net lounge.... sacha correction 15 May 2005

smallest feathered breeder in the Mono Basin... Bartshe 5/13/05 14 May 2005

Broad-tailed Hummingbird, male Bartshe Miller 5/12/05 13 May 2005

small talk Paul McFarland 5/8/2005 10 May 2005

Cinqo de Mayo con Indigo Kelly Miller 5/5/05 05 May 2005 (IMAGES)

Bluebird becka 04/24/ 24 Apr 2005

Lazuli Bunting Betty Moore 4/22/05 24 Apr 2005

Mono County Park Sacha 04/05/2005 18 Apr 2005

Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird Sacha Heath 04/10/2005 18 Apr 2005

Re: Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird woops, make that the 17th! 04/17/2005 18 Apr 2005

Re: Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown-headed Cowbird Greg Reis 4/22/05 22 Apr 2005

Grebes and meadowlarks Erika Obedzinski 4/9/05 10 Apr 2005

Hooded Oriole Dave Marquart & Connie Henderson 4/1/05 03 Apr 2005

Re: Hooded Oriole M. Strelneck via Bartshe To/d/ay 07 Apr 2005

Owl hunting killdeer at Lee Vining sewage ponds Greg Reis 3/26/05 27 Mar 2005

Two Golden Eagles at Rush Creek Jen-Jen and Santiago 3/0505 17 Mar 2005

Thousands of California Gulls in north shore lagoons Greg Reis 3/14/05 14 Mar 2005

Chris, I saw some birds Bartshe 3/1/05 02 Mar 2005

there are no birds here Chris McCreedy sunday 20 Feb 2005

First of Spring Violet-green Swallows River Gates 2/19/2005 20 Feb 2005

Early Osprey on Mono Lake River Gates 2/18/2005 18 Feb 2005

Re: Early Osprey on Mono Lake Chris McCreedy never! 20 Feb 2005

Re: Early Osprey on Mono Lake river winter 12 Mar 2005

Cinammon Teal Bartshe 2/14/05 15 Feb 2005

South Tufa to Sammon's Spring ski tour River 1/30/2005 31 Jan 2005

California Gull and Least Sandpiper along the lakeshore River Gates 1/22/05 27 Jan 2005

Re: California Gull and Least Sandpiper along the lakeshore River Gates 1/23/2005 30 Jan 2005

Bald Eagle stevem@usamedia.tv 01/17/05 17 Jan 2005

Bald Eagle stevem@usamedia.tv 01/16/05 17 Jan 2005

A few breaks in the winter storms River Gates 1/08/2005 09 Jan 2005

Summary of Mono Basin Christmas Bird Count River Gates 12/19/04 06 Jan 2005

2004 Sightings Webmaster ALL 2004 05 Jan 2005

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