Five people standing in a grassy field adjacent to Mono Lake looking out toward the lake with binoculars at birds flying in the sky and the Sierra Nevada in the distance.

Virtual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.
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June 17, 2021 @ 6:00 pm June 19, 2021 @ 8:30 pm

Five people standing in a grassy field adjacent to Mono Lake looking out toward the lake with binoculars at birds flying in the sky and the Sierra Nevada in the distance.

We are sad to miss you all yet again in person, but this year we are organizing several virtual presentations and a Zoom Bird Calling Contest! Presentations will be in the evening on Thursday June 17, Friday June 18, and Saturday June 19, and the Bird Calling Contest will be at noon on Sunday the 20th, just like the regular Chautauqua picnic.

Program

Thursday June 17, 2021

6:00pm: Birding The Burns & Other Sojourns Beyond WildfireMaya Khosla
7:30pm: Lewis’s Legacy in the Mono Basin Steve Shunk

Friday, June 18, 2021

6:00pm: Nature Journaling for BirdersJohn (Jack) Muir Laws
7:15pm: A Story 38 Years in the Making – California Gull Monitoring at Mono LakeRyan Burnett

Saturday, June 19, 2021

6:00pm: Photographing the Wildlife of the West Darren Cook
7:15pm: Osprey at Mono Lake Lisa Fields

Sunday, June 20, 2021

12:00pm: Virtual Bird Calling Contest

A beige circle with an olive green drawing of two birds wearing masks and human clothes, and holding binoculars. Text reads: Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua 2021
Button design by Krista Fanucchi.

Details

Date: June 10-12, 2021

Price: $45 for households / $30 for individuals

Registration: Open now.

Questions? Contact the Chautauqua team by email or phone at (760) 647-6595.

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