Mono Lake and Ancient Bristlecones : August 14-17, 2021

August 14: Ontario Airport

Not in a cage!	Red-tailed Hawk	pIMG_2936.JPG	pIMG_2939.JPG
pIMG_2956.JPG	pIMG_2965.JPG	pIMG_2974.JPG	pIMG_2976.JPG
pIMG_2980.JPG	pIMG_2982.JPG	pIMG_2991.JPG	pIMG_2995.JPG
Eating a figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis)	pIMG_3013.JPG	pIMG_3021.JPG	pIMG_3032.JPG
pIMG_3033.JPG	pIMG_3036.JPG	pIMG_3038.JPG	pIMG_3039.JPG
pIMG_3043.JPG	pIMG_3051.JPG	pIMG_3057.JPG	pIMG_3071.JPG
American Kestrel	pIMG_3078.JPG	A casting with beetle parts	pIMG_3088.JPG
pIMG_3097.JPG	pIMG_3098.JPG	Morris and San Gabriel Reservoirs

August 15: Mono Lake

Final approach at MMH	Mono Lake Park	cIMG_3160.JPG	Avocets
Skipper butterfly	Lorquin's Admiral	California Gull	pIMG_3186.JPG
The water level is... low.	Alkali flies	pIMG_3195.JPG	pIMG_3204.JPG
pIMG_3207.JPG	pIMG_3208.JPG	Obsidian outcropping at Panum Crater	Sage Thrasher
cIMG_3244.JPG	pIMG_3245.JPG	pIMG_3246.JPG	pIMG_3249.JPG
pIMG_3254.JPG	pIMG_3259.JPG	pIMG_3267.JPG	Eared Grebes
Brine shrimp	pIMG_3294.JPG	Alkali fly larva	Least Chipmunk
Northern Harrier	cIMG_3328.JPG	pIMG_3338.JPG	pIMG_3342.JPG
3 stop HDR	pIMG_3368.JPG	pIMG_3386.JPG	pIMG_3391.JPG

August 16: Mono Lake

pIMG_3406.JPG	pIMG_3410.JPG	1 stop HDR	2 stop HDR
2 stop HDR	pIMG_3447.JPG	pIMG_3456.JPG	cIMG_3459.JPG
2 stop HDR	cIMG_3477.JPG	pIMG_3487.JPG	cIMG_3489.JPG
pIMG_3495.JPG	pIMG_3526.JPG	pIMG_3530.JPG	pIMG_3536.JPG
pIMG_3542.JPG	pIMG_3547.JPG	pIMG_3554.JPG	cIMG_3559.JPG
pIMG_3566.JPG	Killdeer	pIMG_3576.JPG	pIMG_3580.JPG
Least Sandpiper	pIMG_3599.JPG	Brewer's Blackbird

August 16: Gaylor Lakes Trail

pIMG_3626.JPG	Fritillary butterfly	pIMG_3636.JPG	pIMG_3640.JPG
pIMG_3643.JPG	Gaylor Peak	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dark-eyed Junco
Belding's Ground Squirrel	pIMG_3657.JPG	pIMG_6271.JPG	Red-tailed Hawk
Mormon Cricket	pIMG_3672.JPG	pIMG_3673.JPG	pIMG_3676.JPG
Yellow-bellied Marmot	pIMG_3690.JPG	pIMG_3692.JPG	Clark's Nutcracker
pIMG_3706.JPG	pIMG_3709.JPG	pIMG_3718.JPG	pIMG_3721.JPG
pIMG_3727.JPG	pIMG_3732.JPG	pIMG_3738.JPG	pIMG_3747.JPG
cIMG_6279.JPG	American Pika	pIMG_3753.JPG	Cooper's Hawk
pIMG_3766.JPG	pIMG_3770.JPG	pIMG_3781.JPG	pIMG_3789.JPG
pIMG_3799.JPG	pIMG_3808.JPG	pIMG_3815.JPG	pIMG_3824.JPG
pIMG_3827.JPG	pIMG_3840.JPG	pIMG_3845.JPG	cIMG_3849.JPG
Below Ellery Lake Dam

August 17: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

pIMG_3853.JPG	pIMG_3858.JPG	A 5-10 year old bristlecone	pIMG_3872.JPG
pIMG_3880.JPG	cIMG_3884.JPG	cIMG_3888.JPG	cIMG_3896.JPG
pIMG_3898.JPG	cIMG_3902.JPG	cIMG_3911.JPG	pIMG_3923.JPG
pIMG_3937.JPG	pIMG_3939.JPG	cIMG_3940.JPG	pIMG_3942.JPG
cIMG_3954.JPG	Limber Pine	cIMG_3969.JPG	cIMG_3978.JPG
pIMG_3994.JPG	pIMG_4016.JPG	Rock Spiraea	cIMG_4034.JPG
pIMG_4046.JPG	cIMG_4049.JPG	Mountain Chickadee

Raspberry buckwheat	cIMG_4065.JPG	cIMG_4067.JPG	The Patriarch Tree
cIMG_4074.JPG	pIMG_4083.JPG	cIMG_4091.JPG	cIMG_4092.JPG
pIMG_4097.JPG	cIMG_4102.JPG	pIMG_4106.JPG	cIMG_4112.JPG
A bat!	cIMG_4121.JPG