More than a 100 birds can bes seen here from time to time including Brewers blackbirds, Kildeer, Phalaropes and Violet-Green Swallows. The Tufa at Mono Lake is the showpiece of your visit to Mono Lake. The local springs contain calcium and when mixed with the high concentration of carbonate the tufa is created. The Native Paiute Indians of the region included into their diet the abundant Alkali flies that live along the shoreline. Don't worry, they prefer not to land on you or even touch you.
Kids love trying to step on the flies are amazed as the blackend lakeshore suddenly opens.
Flies scamper to allow clear passage.