Mono Basin Clearinghouse Updates for 10/2/02From: Greg Reis
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Mono Basin Clearinghouse Updates for 10/2/02
Wintry October greetings,
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RAW DATA AND FIELD NOTES
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Is Meromixis Over? - September 2002 Notes from Bob Jellison. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/meromixis.htm
August 2002 Lee Vining Weather Summary - driest August since at least 1998
September 2002 Lee Vining Weather Summary - wettest September since 1999
Corrected erroneous precipitation values in the May and July 2002 Weather
Summaries
See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/weather.htm.
Shorebird Count Results - An Excel file now shows the fall counts for each year
side by side.
2002 Fall Mono Lake Fall/Shorebird Waterfowl count: With a total of 16
volunteers, we covered the entire Mono Lake shoreline including the landbridge
island (nearly 50 miles of shoreline) between 8AM and 4:30PM on August 24, 2002.
The weather was sunny, with a light wind out of the north, high temperature of
80 degrees F.
This year we counted over 40,000 birds among 48 protocol species. Notable
highlights included: Egyptian Goose along the Black Point shoreline (origin
unknown, but probable wandering domestic), Long-tailed Jaeger at County Pond, a
Solitary Sandpiper beyond Wilson Creek delta, a Sabine's Gull near Castle Tufa,
Snowy Plover chicks at Simons (Samman's) Springs, and 7659 American Avocets, a
fall shorebird count high for the last 6 years. Thanks to this year's
volunteers. If you would like to volunteer next year, mark your calendar for
August 23, 2003, and contact Bartshe Miller.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
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A View of Mono Lake, California, From the Scanavino Ranch - Image and
recollections provided by Joe Scanavino, who grew up at the "Goat Ranch" in the
40s and 50s. He said he will provide more historical photos and information to
us in the future. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/historical/scanavino.htm.
The James B. and Katherine M. Clover Papers. This collection, housed in 84 boxes
and 102 oversize folders, consists of correspondence, documents, maps, reports,
publications and clippings related to land tenure and water use in and around
Mono County (including Mono Basin, Mono Lake, Lee Vining Creek and Rush Creek),
Inyo County and Los Angeles, California. The Huntington Library has completed
cataloging the collection, however it will be unavailable for the next two years
while it is housed in offsite storage. The Mono Lake Committee is in the process
of obtaining the 60-page finding aid for this collection. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/historical/jbclover.htm.
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NEW LINKS
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Fire Ecology Database, Tall Timbers Research Station
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Greg
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Greg Reis, Information Specialist, (760) 647-6386 x41
Mono Lake Committee, ph (760) 647-6595, fax 647-6377
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