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Bird Watching

The Mono Basin is home to over 300 species, and millions of birds. Most are migratory, but over 100 species nest here. Bird watchers come from all over the world to capture glimpses of birds from various habitats in a small area.

Here desert, mountains and water all collide in the Mono Basin, and each habitat supports its own collection of bird species. Many birds find habitat at Mono Lake, a salty inland sea home to brine shrimp, alkali flies, and the millions of birds that depend on them.

Flowing down from the Sierra Nevada escarpment, freshwater streams create a different habitat where open graslands, aspens, willows, and cottonwoods grow. Other locations in the basin offer such habitats as Pinon Pine woodlands, Jeffrey Pine forests, sagebrush fields and freshwater lakes.