Field Seminars by subject

The Mono Lake Committee offers seminars that address many subjects, from birding to painting.

With seminars in the fields of natural history, birding, photography, art, and cultural history, there's a seminar for everyone! Please let us know if there's a subject you'd like us to cover, but you don't see it here already.

• Natural history
  1. The Season Seldom Seen: Winter Ecology of the Mono Basin • January 13–14 • Nora Livingston
     South Shore Kayak • June 9 • Stuart Wilkinson & Committee staff
     Natural History Ramble • June 27 • Nora Livingston
     Wildflower Waltz • July 6 • Nora Livingston
     Mono Basin Natural History: Aquatic & Terrestrial Habitats • July 13–15 • David Wimpfheimer
     Butterflies of the Mono Basin & Sierra Nevada • July 21–22 • Kristie Nelson
     Natural History Ramble • July 25 • Nora Livingston
     Wildflower Waltz • July 26 • Nora Livingston
     Mono Basin Mammals • July 27–29 • John Harris
     High Country Plants & Habitats: How are they coping with climate change? • August 3–5 • Ann Howald
     Natural History Ramble • August 30 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Volcanism at Mono Lake • August 31 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Living on the Edge: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep in the Mono Basin • September 8–9 • John Wehausen • sign up
     Mono Basin Tree Identification • September 14 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Fire Ecology of the Eastern Sierra • September 15–16 • Malcolm North • sign up
     Geology of the Mono Basin • September 21–23 • Greg Stock • sign up
     Fall Color Foray • October 3 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Fall Color Foray • October 11 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Arborglyphs & Aspen Natural History • October 13–14 • Richard Potashin & Nancy Hadlock • sign up
     Fall Color Foray • October 15 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     
     
     
• Birding
  1. Birding Mono Basin Hotspots • June 1 • Nora Livingston
     Breeding Birds of the Mono Basin • June 2 • Nora Livingston
     Twilight Birding & Owling • June 3 • Nora Livingston
     Natural History of Mono Basin Woodpeckers • June 12–14 • Steve Shunk
     Birding Between the Breweries • June 28 • Nora Livingston
     Birding Between the Breweries • July 12 • Nora Livingston
     Birding the White Mountains • July 27 • Nora Livingston
     Falling for the Migration: Bridgeport Valley & Mono Basin • August 16–17 • Dave Shuford
     Falling for the Migration: Crowley, Mammoth, Mono • August 18–19 • Dave Shuford
     A Long Journey: Shorebird Migration • September 7 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     
     
     
• Photography
  1. Mono Basin Winter Photography • January 26–28 • Joe Decker
     Mono Lake by Moonlight • March 2–4 • Joe Decker
     The Art of Wildflower Macrophotography • June 8–10 • David Gubernick
     Mono Basin & Bodie Photography • July 13–15 • David Gubernick
     Landscape Photography, Milky Way & Perseid Meteor Dark Sky Astrophotography • August 10–12 • Jeff Sullivan
     Mono Basin Fall Photography • October 12–14 • Robb Hirsch • sign up
     
     
     
• Cultural history
  1. Mining the Past through Binoculars • June 24 • Nora Livingston
     Miwok-Paiute Basketry • June 29–July 1 • Lucy Parker & Ursula Jones
     Mining the Past through Binoculars • July 19 • Nora Livingston
     Mining the Past through Binoculars • August 15 • Nora Livingston
     Miwok-Paiute Basketry • August 24–26 • Lucy Parker & Ursula Jones • sign up
     Mining the Past through Binoculars • September 21 • Nora Livingston • sign up
     Arborglyphs & Aspen Natural History • October 13–14 • Richard Potashin & Nancy Hadlock • sign up
     
     
     
• Art & writing
  1. En Plein Air at Mono Lake: Beginning Oil Painting • July 20–22 • Penny Otwell
     
     
     

Questions? Call (760) 647-6595 and ask for Elin, Nora, or Andrew. You can also email us if that's easier.