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I’ve always wanted to see Mono Lake, so on my first fall color expedition I drove further north. Mono Lake is a terminal lake in an endorheic basin since it has no outlet. It is fed by surface water that flows from the Sierra and springs under the surface. Mono Lake is best known for it’s tufa tower formations at the lake’s edges. These are formed by the calcium rich water from the underwater springs. I arrived before sunset, but after the Sun had set behind the Sierra that rises at the west edge of the lake. The lake is also in a volcanically active area with both of the central islands being the result of eruptions in the last 1000 years with the most recent being 350 years ago.

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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Mono Lake, CAOctober 2, 2021

Wide shot looking northeast, both islands(Paoha to the right and Negit at the center) are the result of volcanic eruptions as is Black Point to the far left.

This week we have Albatrossity; the title of this post says it all, doesn’t it?  We also have BillinGlendale taking us on a trip to the lake.  And we have a 3-part Iceland series that I’m really excited about – The Lights of Darkness – from Christopher Mathews!

Oh, and one more thing.  Last year I loved seeing the photos of jackals as kids at Christmastime, so if you guys are up for that again, I would like that to be our theme for Christmas week and the week before.  Is anybody up for that?  Send in your Christmas photos!  Um, make that your HOLIDAY photos.  The war on Christmas has begun.  Not really, just trying to be more inclusive.

Albatrossity

For some time now I have been posting, in the evenings, photographs of birds from an angle that I see a lot of as the birds flee. I call this my Bird Butt Before Bedtime series, and, as they say, I have a million of ‘em! So I thought I’d share some of these with the BJ community, and Watergirl suggested that I title it Bird Butts Before Breakfast.

Here’s the first batch, more next week! In fact, this year I have created a 12-month calendar featuring Bird Butts, which can be ordered (printed on demand) from Lulu.com. It would make an excellent Christmas gift for your favorite jackal, or some other nature lover!

I also have my Birds of Flyover Country 2022 calendar on sale at that same site. This year’s edition has Harley on the cover!

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Big Bend National ParkDecember 26, 2017

It is ridiculously easy to get a photo of the butt of any wren; they cock their tails up and even seem to like to moon the photographer. Here’s a Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), seated on its eponymous perch, from a winter day in Big Bend National Park, TX.