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Looking at Mono Lake from atop Mt. Dana, the second
highest peak in Yosemite National Park, at 13,057
feet. July, 2004. |
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The endangered Yosemite Toad can be found at high
elevations near Mono Lake. I took this photo of a
toad hiding in the snow beneath a lodgepole pine at
Glass Creek Meadow, June 2005. |
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Male
Violet-green Swallow. Krakatoa Island, Mono Lake.
June 2005. |
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Female Wilson's Phalarope. Mono Lake. June 2006. |
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Up to 70,000
Wilson's Phalaropes stage each year at Mono Lake
during their fall migration to take advantage of the
superabundant food sources that this salt lake
provides. June 2006. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch nest
and nestling, Tioga Pass,
elevation - 9,000 feet. July, 2006. |
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Swallow research takes place in beautiful Lee Vining
Canyon, with the Dana Plateau and Yosemite National
Park serving as a backdrop.
June 2006. |
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Yellow-headed
Blackbird and mountains. Mono Lake. June 2006. |
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Long-billed Curlews. In the background is a grove
of tufa, which are towers of calcium carbonate that
form when the salty ingredients of Mono Lake mix
with calcium from fresh water springs. June 2006. |
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