Welcome to The Mono-logue's "Birds and Other Wildlife Sightings" category! The emphasis of this category is birds, but other noteworthy wildlife sightings are encouraged also. Anyone that is logged-in can submit to this category!
Monday, May 30th, 2011 by Greg, Information & Restoration SpecialistcloseAuthor: Greg, Information & Restoration SpecialistName: Greg Reis Title: Information & Restoration Specialist About: Since his Committee internship in 1995, Greg has been involved with Mono Basin stream restoration and with maintaining the Committee's computers, Websites, and Research Library, and researching and compiling information for our programs. His B.S. degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Forestry and Natural Resources with a concentration in Environmental Management and a Senior Project in Hydrology reflects his interest in natural resources management, administration, planning, environmental analysis, and restoration. He is a member of the California Association of Environmental Professionals and the California Society for Ecological Restoration.See All Posts by Greg (127) Contact Greg
Date of sighting: 5/29/11
On Sunday morning the wildflowers were covered in an inch or two of new snow from the night before. Flowers blooming along the Lee Vining Creek Trail included bitterbrush, desert peach, paintbrush, arrowleaf balsamroot, larkspur, death camas, serviceberry, sulfur buckwheat, and rayless daisy.
Birds were very active, including orioles and Wilson’s Warblers. An Osprey carrying a very long stick flew low over the trail, fighting the gusty winds, flying very awkwardly, towards Old Marina.
Friday, April 22nd, 2011 by Greg, Information & Restoration SpecialistcloseAuthor: Greg, Information & Restoration SpecialistName: Greg Reis Title: Information & Restoration Specialist About: Since his Committee internship in 1995, Greg has been involved with Mono Basin stream restoration and with maintaining the Committee's computers, Websites, and Research Library, and researching and compiling information for our programs. His B.S. degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Forestry and Natural Resources with a concentration in Environmental Management and a Senior Project in Hydrology reflects his interest in natural resources management, administration, planning, environmental analysis, and restoration. He is a member of the California Association of Environmental Professionals and the California Society for Ecological Restoration.See All Posts by Greg (127) Contact Greg
Date of sighting: 4/21/11
This week, the first blossoms of the year appeared in the Mono Basin: Buffalo Berry, Plateau Gooseberry, and Desert Peach! All are visible along the Lee Vining Creek Trail, as well as a yellow fungus-covered Draba that looks like a flower at first glance.
Also along the Lee Vining Creek trail, the snow has melted during the last week. During the evening we saw an Osprey sitting in a tree, above a Hairy Woodpecker working its way up another tree, near a Kestrel, while swallows zoomed around in the air, and lots of other birds were busy going about their daily routines. Meanwhile, a dipper noisily announced itself along the creek bank, trying to be heard over the roar of rushing water.
Monday, March 14th, 2011 by MLC AdministratorcloseAuthor: MLC AdministratorName: Mono Lake Committee Staff Title: About: The Mono Lake Committee is a 16,000 member non-profit citizens' group dedicated to protecting and restoring the Mono Basin ecosystem, educating the public about Mono Lake and the impacts on the environment of excessive water use, and promoting cooperative solutions that protect Mono Lake and meet real water needs without transferring environmental problems to other areas.See All Posts by Mono Lake Committee (3) Contact Mono Lake Committee
An error caused the bird sightings submission form to fail sometime in Fall 2010. This error was repaired and as of 3/14/11, the form is working properly. Please resume posting your Mono Basin bird and wildlife sightings!
There is a Yellow-breasted Chat in the MLC annex alley in Lee Vining right outside my window in the Juniper tree. I have now seen it the second day in a row, same tree, both times in the afternoon. Great distraction from my computer screen!
We saw a juvinal Western Kingbird just west of the Lee Vining Delt on Monday afternoon. It was moving around the shoreline flycatching with a Say’s Phoebe. The Lark Sparrow was seen at County Park in the rose thickets near the bridge that crosees the dry creek over to the picnic area from the parking lot.
The Birding the East Side Field Seminar led by David Lukas saw a Ruddy Turnstone at Crowley Lake on Saturday, August 28, 2010. Photos are attached, one with a Semipalmated Plover in the foreground.
