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Mono Lake is one of the really great things to see in the Eastern Sierra. The tufa formations, trillions of visible shrimp floating through the lake, and the hordes of tiny flies at waters' edge, feeding on the shrimp (the flies don't bother people, they mass on the ground at waters' edge) are very memorable. Mono Lake is one of the few places the California Gull reproduces — safely protected on the mid-lake islands (as the water dropped, the islands became connected to the shore, allowing predators easy access to breeding and young gulls. The higher water level put an end to that for all except the coyotes who own boats).

Description
Mono Lake is one of the really great things to see in the Eastern Sierra. The tufa formations, trillions of visible shrimp floating through the lake, and the hordes of tiny flies at waters' edge, feeding on the shrimp (the flies don't bother people, they mass on the ground at waters' edge) are very memorable. Mono Lake is one of the few places the California Gull reproduces — safely protected on the mid-lake islands (as the water dropped, the islands became connected to the shore, allowing predators easy access to breeding and young gulls. The higher water level put an end to that for all except the coyotes who own boats).