Naturalist notes
California Gulls fly from their nesting colony on the islets east of Negit Island to the edges of Mono Lake to forage in the shallows and along the shoreline where flies congregate, and to bathe in the freshwater flowing in…
Author: Nora, Lead Naturalist Guide
Nora, Lead Naturalist Guide
Space available in many Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua programs
There is still space available in many of the wonderful trips and programs at the Twentieth Annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua in June. If you haven’t yet registered, you can still put together a full itinerary of fascinating and fun…
Naturalist notes
This winter, poconip fog reigned in the Mono Basin. From the first snow in early November to the lengthening days of March, if we weren’t catching monster snowflakes on our tongues from snowstorm after snowstorm, we were enveloped in a…
Nineteenth annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua makes a great comeback
We originally planned the nineteenth annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua for June 2020, but we all know how that went. After a virtual-only event in June 2021 we were thrilled to bring back the full Chautauqua this year—the true nineteenth…
Naturalist notes
Have you felt the joyful warmth of the high desert sun in early summer at Mono Lake? Imagine sitting by the lakeshore on a calm clear morning as the sun rises. You can hear California Gulls calling overhead, a Sage…
Naturalist notes
Winter in the Mono Basin has more dark hours than light, chillingly cold air, and a silence so profound it feels physical. It is either a time of rest, of moving slowly, of torpor to reduce the toll simply existing…
Virtual seminars start January 30 with Bird Anatomy & Physiology
Do you have birds on the brain? Do you want to buff up on your knowledge of bird bones and body parts this winter? There is space available in the Bird Anatomy & Physiology Virtual Seminar, which takes place on…
Registration is open for winter 2022 Virtual Seminars
Are you interested in learning more about birds, but you don’t know where to start? Have you been looking at birds for years but want to build a better foundation of knowledge about their biology? Join me, the Mono Lake…
Mono Lake Moment: There’s an Eared Grebe in my bathtub!
Guess what? It’s not the first time I’ve had a grebe in my bathtub, either! It is the time of year when Eared Grebes are migrating north to breeding grounds along the Pacific Flyway, as far north as Canada. Sometimes…
Mono Lake Moment: Lakeside bliss
Today’s Mono Lake Moment is a quiet, blissful, yet cold meditation by the lake. The green hue in the lake is its winter coat of algae, and the frozen areas directly in front of the camera are freshwater spring puddles—the…